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Is the techrepublic mail routine hacked?

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by davidfdr

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Hi, recently the emails from techrepublic are with following content:
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Manage my newsletters | Unsubscribe

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merda de | Thursday, April 28, 2011
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The string "merda de" means in portuguese "SHIT OF". I am from Brazil and this is very strange to me.

Somebody altered the techrepublic email template?

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by seanferd

Yes, some form of merda means scheisse in many languages.

The bit before the pipe | is supposed to be your name as entered in the the original signup form. So yes, weird. I originally wondered if they got the day wrong and mis-spelled Mercredi (French). :p

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