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tagline=Popular Pokémon website struck by hijacking torment |
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blurb=Popular Pokémon website Serebii.net was thrown into chaos earlier this week, as an unknown individual gained access to the Yahoo email account of its webmaster, Joe "Serebii" Merrick, and proceeded to hijack the domain. }}
blurb=Popular Pokémon website Serebii.net was thrown into chaos earlier this week, as an unknown individual gained access to the Yahoo! e-mail account of its webmaster, Joe "Serebii" Merrick, and proceeded to hijack the domain. }}
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Popular Pokémon website Serebii.net was thrown into chaos earlier this week, as an unknown individual gained access to the Yahoo email account of its webmaster, Joe "Serebii" Merrick, and proceeded to hijack the domain, and the forums.
Popular Pokémon website Serebii.net was thrown into chaos earlier this week, as an unknown individual gained access to the Yahoo! e-mail account of its webmaster, Joe "Serebii" Merrick, and proceeded to hijack the domain, and the forums.


Amongst other things, the Serebii.net domain has been redirected to numerous locations, including rival Pokémon websites, blogs of prominent figures in the online Pokémon fandom, and hardcore pornography. At the time of writing, the domain currently links to an adult video hosted on YouTube.
Amongst other things, the Serebii.net domain has been redirected to numerous locations, including rival Pokémon websites, blogs of prominent figures in the online Pokémon fandom, and hardcore pornography. At the time of writing, the domain currently links to an adult video hosted on YouTube.

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