U.S. Army Site Caught with Metaphorical Pants Down by Syrian Hackers

...and it was a PR site, too.

system failureThe U.S. military defends our shores from tyranny, oppression, and the wicked ne’er-do-wells that mean this country and its citizens harm. While they are protecting us and our interests at home and abroad, you might expect someone with an above-average knowledge of the old IT to protect them.

That wasn’t the case yesterday.

According to Reuters, the U.S. Army temporarily took down its public relations Army.mil website after a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army hacked the page and posted messages like this one…

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