Msnbc.com was alerted Tuesday about a web page on NBCSports.com that was compromised and fixed the problem.

The “mass SQL injection” attack, launched on several major sites, according to a WebSense report, intended to redirect users to a malicious site.

Within minutes of learning of the issue, msnbc.com secured the single page that was affected.

The issue has been resolved and consumers have been logging onto NBCSports.com without experiencing any problems.

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