Zynga Toolbar Has Been Hacked

The Zynga toolbar is having major effects this morning. For some strange reason the toolbar is displaying Rockholmi.ru, which seems like a Russian radio web site of some sorts. We have yet to get any word from Zynga on what is happening, even so, it seems like this may be a hacking. Reports both on Twitter and at different internet forums, including the official Zynga forum, suggest that the issue happens on both Firefox and IE toolbars. Many people are worried that their PC’s may have been infected with some kind of virus via the hack.

The toolbar looks like a black and orange themed bar with the text “rockholmi.ru,” on it. The troubles seem to have started at approximately 7:30 AM EST. Zynga is a social network game developing company. Their toolbar is utilized to access games in a quick manner. The company is established in San Francisco, California, and employs around 1250 people. Total revenue for 2010 has been in excess of $600 million until now.