Last week Trend Micro discovered something very disturbing for Latin American customers surfing to the Best Buy site.
Before they reached the page asking them to choose their language – Spanish or English – a subtle GEO-IP check happened. If they were from Latin America, they were redirected to another page. Trend Micro Threat Research Manager, Ivan Macalintal, said:
“If (the) requesting IP is from the Latin America Region (LAR), users are redirected to the ‘Choose English or Spanish’ page—and then bingo!”
This only happens to Latin American Region area users.
