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Syrian electronic army hacks recruiting site, tells marines to refuse. In fact, the phishing email had set in motion a twoday catandmouse game with syrian electronic army sea hackers who would deface the forbes. The case of the syrian electronic army, the information warfare monitors helmi noman started documenting the activities of the syrian electronic army sea, which appears to be a case of an. Iran has built an army of cyberproxies the tower the. Syrian hackers say theyve compromised us central command. The syrian electronic army, however, became unstoppable at that point they successfully avoided being thwarted right away by modifying their original phishing email to look like a password. Lebanons neighbor, syria, is home to the syrian electronic army. Thats one takeaway from the ongoing exploits of the syrian electronic army, a selfdescribed group of grassroots syrian. Army da administrative publications and forms by the army publishing directorate apd. Although not directly affiliated with the government of syrian president bashar alassad, the group is known for distributing propaganda in support of his regime. The syrian electronic army says it supports the government of syrian president bashar alassad, and some of its actions appeared to be retaliation for. The syrian electronic army has become notorious for such hacks over the past few years, including attacks that compromised paypal, microsoft and facebook.
Responsible for the use of violence across syria and intimidation and torture of protestors. The selling lasted for 2 minutes until the associated press and white house conformed that there has not any. Cyberconflicts in perspective css cyber defense project. Peter romar, 36, a syrian national affiliated with the syrian electronic army sea, made his initial appearance this afternoon before u. The war in syria, which began as a small civil war in 2011, after four months of. An alarming guide to the national security dangers of. Proassad hackers claim takedown of ny times website. The syrian electronic army did not offer proof of its responsibility, nor did it send any tweets from the ap account championing its cause, possibly because it was shut down so quickly. Digital communication technologies have thrust the calculus of global political power into a period of unprecedented complexity. Hackers, saying they were part of the syrian electronic army, claimed responsibility for hacking several npr twitter accounts last week as well as bbc twitter accounts last month. Three syrian nationals, all current or former members of the syrian electronic army sea, were charged with multiple conspiracies related to computer hacking, according to two criminal complaints unsealed today in the u. Keywords cyber crime, new york times, nyt, syria, hackers. Gaining in momentum, the syrian electronic army garnered attention for hijacking twitter accounts for the associated press and reuters.
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