Is the techrepublic mail routine hacked?

Hi, recently the emails from techrepublic are with following content:
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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?