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Syrian Electronic Army hacks FT site and Twitter feeds

This Syrian Electronic Army has also claimed responsibility for hacks on the BBC in March, as well as The Onion and The Guardian more recently.

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Syrian Electronic Army follows Guardian and FT hacks with Tango data theft

The organisation, which aligns itself with President Bashar-al-Assad claims it managed to steal 1.5TB of sensitive personal data, which it will pass on to the Syrian government.

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Today's Tech: Nokia unleashes Lumia 625 4G smartphone and Canonical...

The best of today's ITProPortal news, including the Syrian Electronic Army's successful hack of Tango and the US retaining its status of number one source of cyber-attacks in the world.

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Twitter suspends Syrian Electronic Army accounts after White House phishing...

On the @Official_SEA12 Twitter account, the SEA posted what it claimed to be the Hootsuite login and password for the White House.

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Syrian Electronic Army continues hacking spree with New York Post Twitter attack

The hacking group also claims to have infiltrated SocialFlow's Twitter account, website and blog, but the social media optimisation firm claims that no data was stolen.

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Syrian Electronic Army adds the Washington Post to its list of victims

The Washington Post confirmed that its site has become the latest to be hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army with Time and CNN also reportedly targeted.

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Syrian Electronic Army takes down New York Times in 'malicious' attack

The SEA has been targeting news sites it believes are reporting news hostile to the Syrian government, including the Financial Times, The Guardian, the BBC, Reuters, and even The Onion.

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New York Times and Twitter UK stumble to their feet after 'spooky' Syrian...

They suffered outages and other issues when a hack of Internet registrar MelbourneIT allowed the Syrian Electronic Army to access and compromise the websites.

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Syrian Electronic Army takes down US Marines site with new hack

The hacking group has successfully taken down the US Marines website with their latest action in response to a possible missile strike by the US in the country.

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Syrian Electronic Army 'retaliates to NSA spying' with Obama Twitter hack

An older donation page on Barack Obama's campaign website temporarily redirected visitors to a blank page that said "Hacked by SEA" over the weekend.

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The top 10 major hacks of 2013

What were the biggest, most high-profile hacking incidents of the year? We’ve rounded up the juiciest breaches from Adobe through Apple to Facebook.

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Syrian Electronic Army hacks Skype’s social media accounts

A group of hackers claiming to be the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has accessed Skype's Twitter account and blog, posting anti-surveillance messages against Microsoft.

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The biggest tech battles of 2013

We look back at the biggest scraps in the tech industry last year, from Microsoft versus Google to the Syrian Electronic Army against the media.

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Microsoft social media platforms hacked by SEA

The Syrian Electronic Army has claimed responsibility for hijacking two Microsoft Twitter accounts and an official blog, a week after compromising Skype’s social media accounts.

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Microsoft comes clean: The Syrian Electronic Army also hijacked company email...

After days of pressure, Microsoft has admitted that an attack on its Twitter accounts and official blog also compromised its internal emails. No surprise, when the password was "Microsoft3".

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Revenge hack: Syrian Electronic Army gets owned by Turkish hackers

Only days after pulling off a series of audacious and high-profile hacks on Western companies, the SEA has been left looking a little silly after Turkish hackers TurkGuvenligi hack them right back.

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Syrian Electronic Army in new Microsoft hack

The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has hijacked Microsoft’s social media platforms in what is the second attack of its kind in as many weeks.

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Syrian Electronic Army hijacks CNN social media accounts

US broadcaster CNN has fallen victim to an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), with several of its social media accounts and blogs compromised.

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PayPal and eBay hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has once again claimed responsibility for a series of cyber-attacks on major firms, in order to spread its anti-US government message.

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Syrian Electronic Army targets FC Barcelona in latest cyber-hack

The SEA has hijacked yet another high profile social media account, with FC Barcelona's Twitter profile the rather unlikely target.

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ITProPortal hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

ITProPortal has become the latest in a string of high-profile hacks by the Syrian Electronic Army, with pages defaced, traffic redirected and all-round mayhem caused.

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Mandiant M-trends report shows that only a third of organisations detect...

FireEye’s fifth Mandiant M-trends security report details some revealing statistics concerning network intrusion and phishing emails.

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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger: Hackers can actually help businesses

Every employee in an organisation needs to know about cybersecurity, according to David Jones, the head of the BBC's information security team.

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Syrian Electronic Army uses Taboola ads to take down Reuters website

The news agency was reportedly compromised by the pro-Bashar al-Assad hacking collective over the weekend.

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Anonymous plans cyber attacks on alleged pro-ISIS nations

The hacking collective is planning a series of DDoS attacks on Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar, over claims that they are providing arms and support to the jihadist group ISIS.

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DerpTrolling hacker group leaks thousands of Windows Live, 2K Games and PSN...

Well-known hacking group DerpTrolling has released a list of usernames and passwords that it claims belong to thousands of Windows Live, 2K Games and Playstation Network (PSN) accounts.

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Syrian Electronic Army attack causes pop-up turmoil across news sites

Pop-up chaos was unleashed across the web via various major news sites this afternoon, with the infamous Syrian Electronic Army pulling off one of its biggest attacks yet (certainly given the number of...

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Islamic State hacks Japanese tourism website

The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has reportedly hijacked a Japanese tourism website.

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Syrian Electronic Army hacks Washington Post mobile site

The Syrian Electronic Army has hacked the Washington Post mobile site. According to reports, visitors to the Post’s mobile site (m.washingtonpost.com) were presented with pop-up messages saying “You’ve...

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US Army site taken down after cyber-attack

The website of the US Army was taken down on Monday, following a cyber-attack.

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