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Websites belonging to the Washington Post, CNN, and Time magazine have been attacked by supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Some links on the sites redirected readers to the website of the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).The breach was the result of a security failure at a firm which provides a link recommendation service that all three sites used.Outbrain said its staff had fallen victim to a spoof email.
The SEA has hit several media companies in recent months, most frequently by hijacking their social media accounts.But in this attack the group managed to go one step further by manipulating the links that appeared on the media groups' own webpages. Shortly after the attack became apparent the New York-based firm powering those links blogged: "We are aware that Outbrain was hacked earlier today and we took down service as soon as it was apparent."
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Those damn Hackers!
Some links on the sites redirected readers to the website of the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).The breach was the result of a security failure at a firm which provides a link recommendation service that all three sites used.Outbrain said its staff had fallen victim to a spoof email.
The SEA has hit several media companies in recent months, most frequently by hijacking their social media accounts.But in this attack the group managed to go one step further by manipulating the links that appeared on the media groups' own webpages. Shortly after the attack became apparent the New York-based firm powering those links blogged: "We are aware that Outbrain was hacked earlier today and we took down service as soon as it was apparent."
Read Moar Here.
Those damn Hackers!
