It appears to have been edited out, but that looks like a remnant of someone pro... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		jimrandomh on Feb 9, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hacker Publishes Personal Info of 20,000 FBI Agent... It appears to have been edited out, but that looks like a remnant of someone probing for cross-site scripting vulnerabilities by putting mismatched quotes and tags into places they don't belong.

nmc on Feb 9, 2016 [–]

You are right, the <blockquote> seems to have been replaced by a <img> tag.

Also, I can indeed imagine how this would be caused by improper parsing of double quotes and angled brackets.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact