A fast-spreading JavaScript virus jumped between accounts on the Tumblr blogging service on Dec. 3, prompting the company's engineers to respond by temporarily suspending the ability to post in order to halt the malware’s spread on the site.
Tumblr users who viewed the malicious post, if logged in at the time, would find that a racist diatribe had been automatically published to their own account. Initially, Tumblr issued only two short statements to Twitter on the attack, saying in an early-afternoon tweet that the racist message had not widely spread.
"Tumblr engineers have resolved the issue of the viral post attack that affected a few thousand Tumblr blogs. Thanks for your patience," the company stated
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