N.Y. Times Website Goes Dark After Cyber Attack [Updated]
Syrian Electronic Army claims responsibility
UPDATE: As of Wednesday morning, the Times' site appeared to be back to normal for many users, and spokeswoman Eileen Murphy told Politico that the issue is "close to being resolved." At 11:29 a.m. ET, the Times' Twitter account pointed to a backup site, news.nytco.com, for users still experiencing problems.
A cyber attack allegedly took down The New York Times' website this afternoon, and early reports indicated that the culprit was the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-Bashar al-Assad group.
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