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Massive global hack by Syrian Electronic Army

  • 27-11-2014 1:23pm
    #1
    andersat2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 342 ✭✭


    Most of the american, UK news agencies and few big global companies web sites are down at the moment because of global hack of Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).
    I would suggest to stay away from those pages (CNBC, Dell, Telegraph, Independent etc) by the moment. As you never know ...


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  • #2
    Xios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭Xios


    Ok so, any details on how they did it....?


  • #3
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    CNBC, Independent and Dell sites all working fine for me. Did not try the other ones.
    Where did you hear this news?


  • #4
    Henry Sidney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 130 ✭✭Henry Sidney


    Xios wrote: »
    Ok so, any details on how they did it....?

    computers and stuff.


  • #5
    Eileen Down
    Closed Accounts Posts: 266 ✭✭Eileen Down


    @op; Have you tried restarting your computer?


  • #6
    Streetwalker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭Streetwalker


    Has FG blamed this on SF yet?


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  • #7
    Knasher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Knasher


    Did a quick look, and it sounds like they didn't hack any of those servers. What they actually did is capture some of the traffic that was meant for those servers, probably by changing DNS entries on a single server somewhere. I've no idea of the scale, but it certainly isn't global, and it could be as small as a single ISP, the type of thing that could be done by a single untrustworthy employee. Nothing but PR hype as far as I'm concerned.


  • #8
    Arsemageddon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Arsemageddon


    Perhaps a better title for this thread might be 'temporary, minor inconvenience caused by Syrian Electronic Army?'


  • #9
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    andersat2 wrote: »
    I would suggest to stay away from those pages (CNBC, Dell, Telegraph, Independent etc)
    I'm way ahead of you.
    Arsemageddon wrote: »
    Perhaps a better title for this thread might be 'temporary, minor inconvenience caused by Syrian Electronic Army?'
    Ah, in your face America!


  • #10
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    They might have hacked the globe but I'm off the grid man there's no way they'll get to me.

    Support Bashar al-Assad until death.

    I'm untouchable.


  • #11
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,472 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    I just went to the sell site. When i was browsing i got a pop up saying i'd been hacked by the SEA and then got a redirect to an imgur image if the SEA's logo.


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  • #12
    BlaasForRafa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    andersat2 wrote: »
    because of global hack of Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).

    The Flat Earth Society has issued a strenuous denial of this assertion.


  • #13
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Source?


  • #14
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    biko wrote: »
    Source?
    I'm guessing Iran.


  • #15
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,754 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Xios wrote: »
    Ok so, any details on how they did it....?

    DNS hijacks in at least one case. They tend to go for the easier and non-technical approach of going for the human element by social engineering/deceiving people into doing something, such as repointing DNS records.


  • #16
    Riddle101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,476 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    I have the admire the genius in it though. Syrians using cyber warfare to attack their enemies. It's a smart tactic, and gives them a slight advantage. Although I don't know what they're trying to achieve by hacking new sites and shutting them down.


  • #17
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    My MS Paint artwork stolen!!


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