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Security researchers identify 40,000 mostly Chinese -language gambling sites hosted by FUNNULL.
FUNNULL purchased Polyfill.io , a domain hosting an open source JavaScript library.
The company used Polyfill to inject malware and redirect website visitors to a network of casino and online gambling sites.
It's unclear what the goal of the supply chain attack was exactly.
FUNNULL could have launched much more dangerous attacks, such as installing ransomware, wiper malware, or spyware, against the visitors of the spammy websites.
FunNULL was apparently trying to monetize a network of spammy sites.
These kinds of supply chain attacks are increasingly possible because the web is now a complex global network of websites that are often built with third party tools.
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