Syrian electronic army sea computer hacker group to its cyber most wanted fbi news, 2016 list. Proregime cyber operationsthe syrian electronic army. Sean gallagher sean was previously ars technicas it and national security editor. Gaining in momentum, the syrian electronic army garnered attention for hijacking twitter accounts for the associated press and reuters. Using spamming, website defacement, malware, phishing, and denialofservice attacks, it has targeted terrorist organizations, political opposition groups, western news outlets, human rights groups and websites that are seemingly. The twitter accounts for two cbs news programmes in the us have been suspended after being hacked. A cyber attack by syrian electronic army may be assads. 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. The syrian electronic army, also known as the syrian electronic soldiers, is a collection of progovernment computer hackers aligned with syrian president bashar alassad. Cyberattacks by the syrian electronic army prosyrian regime hackers spark more questions about the group. Syrian electronic army learn more about it the hacker news. Syrian electronic army sea hackers have made their place on the fbis most wanted list.
Syrian electronic army hacks major communications websites. Proassad army wages cyberwar in syria the internet has become another battleground as the syrian government expands its crackdown on opponents. The onion tells how syrian electronic army hacked its. Image caption the syrian electronic army claimed to have hacked the accounts. In the emergence of open and organized progovernment cyber attacks in the middle. Syrian hackers claim ap hack that tipped stock market by. It later wrote that it had gained access to the millionuser database, and asked for bids from possible.
I got a pdf file on my email with more than 40,000 names of people. Damascus, syria a group of prosyrian government hackers have reported that their electronic cyberoffensive against the marine corps has been prematurely concluded after its members became. For agencies, pdf filler provides a stepping stone from paperbased pdfs to entirely electronic data collection. The syrian electronic army has been in the news a lot lately in more ways than one. In february, the syrian electronic army hacking group breached and defaced websites belonging to paypal uk and ebay. To be honest, the war has gone on so long now you could probably fill up a. From the beginning of the syrian conflict, the syrian electronic army sea led major cyber operations against foreign and opposition targets on behalf of syrias president bashar alassad. On its website, the syrian electronic army says it was created in 2011 when the arab and western media started their bias in favor of terrorist groups that have killed civilians, the syrian arab. This christmas its not anonymous or iranian hackers you need to worry about its the syrian electronic army on tuesday, the federal bureau of. Sea and the wider digital aspect of the syrian conflict in an effort to fill this gap. Pdf filler helps make online forms interactive gcn. Viber attacked by syrian electronic army techcrunch. According to defectors from inside its ranks, the group moved last year from damascus to.
Cyberattacks by the syrian electronic army prosyrian regime hackers. The us names and charges three men it believes were involved in cyberattacks carried out by the syrian electronic army. Al assad regime in syria and the syrian electronic army sea. After the attack on outbrain last week, and the recent attack on sharethis, it has become clear that the syrian electronic army has turned to focus not just on media organizations themselves. Western media websites hacked by syrian electronic army. Computer hacking conspiracy charges unsealed against. Late last month, hackers allied with the syrian electronic army sea compromised the web site for the rsa conference, the worlds largest computer security gathering. Two from syrian electronic army added to cybers most wanted amad umar agha, left, and firas dardar were charged in federal court with multiple conspiracies related to computer hacking. The syrian electronic army sea is a group of computer hackers which first surfaced online in 2011 to support the government of syrian president bashar alassad. The prohacker group, very well known as syrian electronic army sea aligned with president bashar alassad, had recently taken down forbes website, sending a reminder to the. Two from syrian electronic army added to cybers most.
As of this writing, the times website is still down. Thats one takeaway from the ongoing exploits of the syrian. Search results for syrian electronic army naked security. A group of prosyrian regime hackers calling themselves the syrian electronic army have targeted several major news organizations, including the recent hack of the aps twitter page. Tactics used by the syrian electronic army the syrian electronic army is a loosely organized collective of hactivists, or hackers with an ideological motive. They took down the new york times website and caused the stock market to plummet. But who are they, what is their motivation, and why have they had so much success thus far. The syrian electronic army sea is a group of computer hackers which first surfaced online in 2011 to support the government of syrian president bashar. Cyberattacks by the syrian electronic army pro syrian regime hackers spark more questions about the group. The bab alsalameh border crossing under syrian rebel control.
The syrian electronic army announced on its twitter feed that it had hacked forbes. The syrian electronic army an introductory reading list. The syrian electronic armys latest hack on microsofts skype messaging service opened the groups new year of hijacking social media accounts, as questions remain about who its members. Virtual army in a civil war beware patriotic syrian hackers holding a media grudge. Although not directly affiliated with the government.
But the new homepage of the syrian electronic army is still hosted in damascus. Articles close enough the link between the syrian electronic. Us army website defaced by syrian electronic army updated. Syrian electronic army hacker suspects charged bbc news. The syrian electronic army is at it again the new york times. 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. The syrian electronic army sea sprang up in 2011 at the beginning of the antiassad revolution. Apparently, the tweets sympathetic to syrian president bashar assad arent a laughing matter the parody news sites feed is. Viber has confirmed a situation earlier this morning in which viber appeared to have been hacked by the syrian electronic army a progovernment group of computer hackers aligned with. The seas cyber operations gradually subsided as the conflict progressed and by 2016 it appeared that the group had ceased to operate. Pdffiller is the best quality online pdf editor and form builder its fast, secure and easy to use. The associated press news agency is the latest western news organisation to fall victim to the syrian electronic army s cyber war, with a false tweet about an explosion at the white house causing.
By andrew couts august 28, 20 the new york times website and came under heavy cyberattack on tuesday afternoon at the. The syrian electronic army has staged a number of attacks in recent months, including an attack on the washington posts website. Ebay asks 145 million users to change passwords after. The cyber dimensions of the syrian civil war jhu apl. Online pdf editor and form filler edit pdf files easily pdffiller. In recent weeks, the selfstyled syrian electronic army sea has launched hacking attacks on the bbc, the. The websites of british and north american media organizations and retailer walmarts canadian unit were hacked on thursday in a suspected attack by the syrian electronic army, an. Thats one takeaway from the ongoing exploits of the syrian electronic army, a selfdescribed group of grassroots syrian hackers. The world renowned syrian hacktivists form syrian electronic army sea hacked and defaced the official website of united states army earlier today 9th june, 2015 hackers left a deface page along with a.
The syrian electronic army sea, a wellequipped group of progovernment hackers had been born. Cbs twitter accounts hacked by prodamascus group bbc news. The syrian electronic army hacked into harvard universitys homepage, replacing photos on the website with an image of assad and the words syrian electronic army were here. Onions twitter account hacked by syrian electronic army.
Syrian electronic army takes down the new york times. In fact, the phishing email had set in motion a twoday catandmouse game with syrian electronic army sea hackers who would deface the forbes website and backend publishing. The syrian electronic army, a shadowy group working on behalf of the syrian government, has already drawn the attention of us authorities, who are also facing cyber attacks on several fronts. The syrian electronic army, a mysterious proassad hacker group, struck again tuesday afternoon, taking control of the new york times and twitter internet domains, among others.
Three members of the proassad syrian electronic army sea have been added to the fbis cyber most wanted list. It successfully punked famous satire newspaper the onion, taking over its twitter account and using it to send messages criticizing u. The men, named as amad umar agha, firas dardar, and peter romar, have been charged. March 20 elizabeth obagy middle east security report. Syrian electronic army sea has recently compromised three widelyused online communications websites, each of which could have serious realworld consequences for syrias. Syrias electronic army attempted attack on haifas water. Syrian electronic army hackers stranded on marine online. The syrian electronic army coordinates hacking attempts from their own facebook page, and has defaced or disabled a number of websites with remarkable speed. The associated press news agency is the latest western news organisation to fall victim to the syrian electronic armys cyber war, with a false tweet about an explosion at the white house. On monday, the hacktivist group syrian electronic army sea. And before long, it seems it was getting some heavy weight backing. Syrian electronic army hacks official us army website. Beware patriotic syrian hackers holding a media grudge. The announcement of the hack included a pdf file with screenshots of.
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