World & Nation
AMMAN, Jordan – The pro-Syrian government hacking group, the Syrian Electronic Army, has taken credit for an attack on the social media accounts of Internet calling service Skype.
Jan. 2, 2014
Technology and the Internet
WASHINGTON — The Syrian hacker group that has taken credit for causing outages on the websites of the New York Times and other news organizations probably will increase its activity if the U.S. launches military strikes on the Middle Eastern nation, a cybersecurity expert said Wednesday.
Aug. 28, 2013
Backers of Syrian president claim credit for AP Twitter hack
April 23, 2013
Business
Expect more Web hacking if U.S. strikes Syria: cybersecurity expert
Fake AP tweet latest hacking claimed by pro-Assad ‘army’
To a first-time visitor approaching from the Bekaa Valley far below, the structure on the snow-covered zenith of southern Lebanon’s highest mountain ridge looks like something out of science fiction.
March 6, 1985
WASHINGTON -- It’s a battle between one of the nation’s largest newspapers and what is suspected to be a group of hackers supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad, and for the moment at least, the hackers appear to be winning.
Three Syrian nationals have been charged by U.S. authorities with being members of a notorious hacking group that launched high-profile attacks on U.S. government and media targets, including one in 2013 that briefly sent stock markets tumbling.
March 22, 2016
Melbourne IT, an Australian firm that allows website owners to buy addresses such as latimes.com, said the downtime suffered by the New York Times website Tuesday began when hackers gained access to the user name and password of one of the company’s sales partners.
Aug. 27, 2013
As the New York Times tried to wrestle back control of its website, AOL Inc. and Twitter Inc. quickly locked down parts of their own slate of domain addresses.