The Syrian Electronic Army — widely suspected of being comprised of pro-Syrian government hacktivists — on Tuesday hijacked The New York Times’ website and briefly took over Twitter’s domain name system servers. The SEA’s main motive is to gain visibility for its cause, said Jaeson Schultz, a Cisco threat research engineer. “They have claimed on their website that the portrayal of events in Syria, especially by Western media, is inaccurate.” Apparently the hackers got into the NYT systems by spearphishing.
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Syrian Electronic Army Nails NYT
Posted by: Richard Adhikari August 28, 2013 01:31 PMThe Syrian Electronic Army — widely suspected of being comprised of pro-Syrian government hacktivists — on Tuesday hijacked The New York Times’ website and briefly took over Twitter’s domain name system servers. The SEA’s main motive is to gain visibility for its cause, said Jaeson Schultz, a Cisco threat research engineer. “They have claimed on their website that the portrayal of events in Syria, especially by Western media, is inaccurate.” Apparently the hackers got into the NYT systems by spearphishing.