As these screenshots show, some incoming links on YouTube videos are found to contain username/passwords of FTP servers that could allow anyone to login into these servers.
If Google doesn't fix this immediately, it could possibly become a big security issue for FTP sites whose credentials are now available in Google cache.
Earlier these YouTube links had revealed clicks on Adsense Gadgets ads. The latest issue was discovered by Rohan Pinto of konkan.tv/.
To ensure that your FTP servers are not in the YouTube database, run the following query:
site:youtube.com "clicks from ftp" your_server_name
Reader Comments
Hi Amit,
small correction...
I did not "discover" this.. I stumbled on this discussion thread a few days ago, and figured it out.. There are tons of folks claiming that they "discovered" it.. and I do not want to be part of that group.
I believe that it was "discovered" by one of the following:
Ronald van den Heetkamp
Robert Hansen
Christian Matthies
Jeremiah Grossman
Written on 23/6/07 7:52 AM