Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver's Website Was Breached

It's likely that thousands were visiting the famous foodie’s website on Feb. 17, eager to find tasty ideas for Pancake Day. But alongside recipes and features about why we should all eat less meat, Oliver was inadvertently serving up some malicious code. 

Researchers  at Malwarebytes describe the hack as a "malicious injection." It was hidden in JavaScript and the blog notes that the offending code was not easy to spot immediately. But the researchers uncovered a link to an "exploit kit," which could potentially cause harm to users' computers.

“One of the noticeable effects post infection is search engine hijacks with unwanted redirections,” to dangerous sites, according to Malwarebytes. “Users are mislead into installing fake software updates which end up wreaking havoc on the system.”

In a statement emailed to Business Insider, a spokesperson for Jamie Oliver’s website said: 

The team at jamieoliver.com found a low level malware problem and dealt with it quickly.  The site is now safe to use.  We have had only a handful of comments from users over the last couple of days, and no-one has reported any serious issues.  We apologise to anyone who was at all worried after going on the site. The Jamie Oliver website is regularly checked for vulnerabilities by both our in-house team and an independent third party and they quickly deal with anything that is found.  The team is confident that no data has been compromised in this incident but if anyone is worried, do please use the contact form on the site.