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In March 2013, a student named Benjamin Blouin, who was studying computer engineering at [[wikipedia:Florida State University Panama City

|''Florida State University Panama City'']] campus, redirected all users of the school's wireless network to the Meatspin website after hacking into it. The school's administration later suspended him and charged him with a third-degree felony for offenses against computer users. Blouin defended his actions by stating that he did it to urge school officials to improve the network's security. He further claimed that he did not specifically choose Meatspin, as it was the default website on the application he used to administer the hack. The incident led to an immediate upgrade of the school's network security.<ref>Daily Dot. "Florida State student's Wi-Fi prank leads to Meatspin." Retrieved April 21, 2023, from https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/florida-state-student-meatspin-wi-fi-prank/.</ref>

Meatspin had various [[malicious]] variants, some of which contained scripts that caused the browser window to display multiple message boxes and bounce around when the user tried to close the page. The most dangerous variant was ''Google Hammer'', which pretended to be a marketing website but displayed a fake loading screen that led to the Meatspin GIF. This variant also had a second payload that overloaded Shockwave Flash with a custom SFWObject script, causing non-Internet Explorer browsers to crash and displaying dialog boxes while changing the window title on IE on exit. Previously, the website was a Meatspin mirror called Makemoniesonline, which was similar to Google Hammer but less malicious. Some users feared that the website could download harmful applications onto their device, but this claim was debunked. According to an entry on Urban Dictionary by user Spyker44, if the user closed the site immediately after the animated image appeared, a message would appear saying "You've been Dick Rolled."<ref>Urban Dictionary. "Googlehammer." Retrieved April 21, 2023, from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=googlehammer.</ref> This tactic is no longer effective following the discontinuation of [[Adobe Flash]].