New York Times and Twitter Attacked By Syrian Electronic Army 169
cold fjord writes with news that the NY Times website was disrupted by hackers Tuesday afternoon. "In an interview, Mr. Frons said the attack was carried out by a group known as 'the Syrian Electronic Army, or someone trying very hard to be them.' The group attacked the company’s domain name registrar, Melbourne IT. The Web site first went down after 3 p.m.; once service was restored, the hackers quickly disrupted the site again." The Times wasn't the only site to be attacked: "Earlier today, a Twitter account allegedly belonging to the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-Syrian-regime hacker collective, claimed to have taken over The New York Times website, Huffington Post UK's website and Twitter.com, by hacking into each of the site's registry accounts." The group was definitely able to change contact info for Twitter's domain. The Wall Street Journal notes that this is the same group that targeted media organizations a few months back. "When the SEA hacked the Twitter account of the Associated Press earlier this year, it posted a false headline to the account that said the White House had been attacked. The hoax caused U.S. stock markets to briefly lose $200 billion in value."
Re:Theatrics (Score:5, Informative)
Putting your money on a "false flag" for something this cheesy is, quite frankly, a stupid bet.
I won't pretend to know if it is... But folks remember the last time the US presented "conclusive evidence" and it turned out to be fabrication. Why isn't this evidence presented? Why are others, such as SG Moon, reserving judgment for now?
Much of these rebels are affiliated to AQ, why are you so sure supporting them is a good idea?
Again I don't know either. I just think you're jumping to conclusions prematurely.
Re:Site Up, Just Misdirected (Score:5, Informative)
or add nytimes.com to your host file with the correct IP address, browse as usual.
Re:It's Iran you Idiot (Score:4, Informative)
The Iraqi military was removed from Kuwait by military force because it had illegally occupied and annexed Kuwait, not because of rumors about incubators. It is a red herring.
There's a difference between reasons, real reasons, and stories you spread around to get the population riled up to support your actions.
Like the Kuwaiti lady that testified to the US Congress about the atrocities, and forgot to mention that she was a Kuwaiti Princess.
Re:NYT and Twitter attacked (Score:2, Informative)
Actually Israel appears to be funded by the US (taxpayer).
Re:Suspiciously well timed... (Score:3, Informative)
Either way, you're a sick human being if you think innocent people should die because "your retirement account lost money" due to their supposed actions.