I can confirm that this has been ongoing with a website that I operate. Basically, a malicious Adsense ad will redirect a page when it loads. I've blocked numerous malicious advertisers from the site, but a new ones have sprung up. It was so bad that at one point I had to disable all rich media ads.
Obviously, Google has not officially commented on this. I wonder how widespread it is?
I've noticed this on several sites I frequently visit (and have whitelisted in adblock). Try to do the right thing and support my favorite sites but of course a handful of bad actors make things miserable for everyone.
But it is pretty amazing to read that thread. One should note that it has lots of participation over the last couple of weeks but clearly Google has a big issue here.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 19.6 ms ] threadObviously, Google has not officially commented on this. I wonder how widespread it is?
But it is pretty amazing to read that thread. One should note that it has lots of participation over the last couple of weeks but clearly Google has a big issue here.