Feb. 26, 2024, 1:18 a.m. | /u/TheDFIRReport

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The intrusion started in February 2023, when a user conducted a search for “Implied Employment Agreement”. The people behind Gootloader frequently exploit terms related to contracts and agreements for search engine-optimization (SEO) poisoning. In this instance, the user encountered a SEO poisoned result and clicked on it.

[https://thedfirreport.com/2024/02/26/seo-poisoning-to-domain-control-the-gootloader-saga-continues/](https://thedfirreport.com/2024/02/26/seo-poisoning-to-domain-control-the-gootloader-saga-continues/)

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