The Hackenning? HackGate? - SEA hack high-priority Sites

[ImBleu]

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/syrian-electronic-army-hacks-global-websites-including-the-independent-9887176.html

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/02/20/how-the-syrian-electronic-army-hacked-us-a-detailed-timeline/

 

 

 

 

Some users of a number of global websites were reportedly affected by a hack claiming to have come from the Syrian Electronic Army today, with pages including The Independent showing messages from the pro-Assad collective.

The hack hit websites using the popular Gigya comment platform. Hackers re-directed some users to their site or to display their messages, by exploiting the DNS entry — which translates URLs such as independent.co.uk into directions to the site — at GoDaddy, the site's domain registrar.

The Gigya platform itself was not hacked, and no user data is or was in jeopardy, said experts.

Some users attempting to access the sites saw a notification saying “You’ve been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA)”. The message did not appear for all users and seemed to hit mostly those using Apple devices, though some users of Google Chrome on PCs reported the same problems.

The Syrian Electronic Army is a group of hackers who support the Assad regime in Syria.

Users who saw the notification were then redirected to an image featuring a crest often used by the group, on image hosting site Imgur.

 

 

Appears to only really show for Apple-device users. PC Master Race anyone?

 

Anyway Syria barely has an army, and now we know they have a Cyber army too. This has been compared in a lot of ways to the Chinese attack on the NewYork Times and the creditcards stolen from target late last year.

 

Time to start trending The Hackenning or HackGate? Let's add some more things-that-shouldn't-be-thing to Linus's life.

 

 

 

 

[Katsu-K1L]

HackGate

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO MORE GATES PLEASE JUST KEEP EM CLOSED

[HippY]

 

 

Time to start trending The Hackenning or HackGate? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dude

just no

nooo, no

please . no

 

 

 

So what was the point to redirect them to an image?

[ImBleu]

dude

just no

nooo, no

please . no

 

 

 

So what was the point to redirect them to an image?

 

Awareness? Or just because they want to at least link them to something.

[Si3Rra_7]

HackGate

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO MORE GATES PLEASE JUST KEEP EM CLOSED

 

8TH GATE  : OPEN (naruto ref.)

[Jerakl]

Well as they say, love is an open door.

[geogga]

This thread gave me gonorrhea. Please stop.

[Thony]

Jesus christ, once a word gets catchy everybody jumps on same train.... Just plain because of this i dont care about anything that has "gate" in it.

[qwertywarrior]

stop using the term "gate" god damn it

dont let it be a thing

[Lewellyn]

WaterGate...FireGate, EarthGate, AirGate. Long ago, the four Gates lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the FireGate attacked

[cesrai]

8TH GATE : OPEN (naruto ref.)

Dynamic entry.

[cesrai]

WaterGate...FireGate, EarthGate, AirGate. Long ago, the four Gates lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the FireGate attacked

And the avatar was gone.

[ZetZet]

Next time write a better words about the Syrian president

 

 

write a better words

Well it's Syria, engrish.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Can't we just pull the plug (or at least the ethernet cable) on that entire country?

[legopc]

HackGate

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO MORE GATES PLEASE JUST KEEP EM CLOSED

 

and please no more happenings.... 

[OlekKing]

"write a better words"

Funny that they're illiterate.

[frostin1990]

Yet another false flag....

[amdart11]

hmmmm... thought it was SEA as in South East Asia, guessi was wrong.

[_Rocket]

I love these guys, their "hacking" techniques consist of simple social engineering, i doubt this time it was different

 

Anyway Syria barely has an army, and now we know they have a Cyber army too. This has been compared in a lot of ways to the Chinese attack on the NewYork Times and the creditcards stolen from target late last year.

They are not in any way related to syria, they only call themselves that

 

[cesrai]

Can't we just pull the plug (or at least the ethernet cable) on that entire country?

Are you that ignorant there are people who still live there, they the internet to communicate with other people and do stuff.

[cesrai]

Well it's Syria, engrish.

Didn't get the joke, can you elaborate? 

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Are you that ignorant there are people who still live there, they the internet to communicate with other people and do stuff.

Common tactic, punish an entire group for the wrongdoings of one or two individuals. Creates social pressure.

[ZetZet]

Didn't get the joke, can you elaborate? 

They don't speak english and are at war 50% of the time.

[daemonowner]

WoW ThEsE KiDs ArE sO L337.

[cesrai]

Common tactic, punish an entire group for the wrongdoings of one or two individuals. Creates social pressure.

You know only normal people get punished others don't it wont make a deference for them, and even if itur  would punish them it's wrong your tactic is wrong very wrong.