Breaking: Syrian Electronic Army Claim Attack on New York Times and Twitter DNS

The Syrian Electronic Army claimed hack-attacks on the New York Times and Twitter, using its own Twitter account to taunt both sites.

The Syrian Electronic Army claimed hack-attacks on the New York Times and Twitter, using its own Twitter account to taunt both sites.

According to Ars Technica, the Times attack is one in a series of escalating attacks against American media. Times spokesperson Eileen Murphy confirmed via Twitter that the recent website issues, which redirected users to a Syrian server, were likely a result of a “malicious external attack.”

Shortly after this news broke, the Huffington Post reported that the SEA had claimed

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