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Syrian Electronic Army hacks Forbes website and twitter accounts
Syrian Electronic Army hacked the popular American business magazine "Forbes" on the valentines day.
The group managed to post "Hacked by the Syrian Electronics Army" article under the list of articles written by Forbes’ Steve Forbes (Chairman of Forbes Media), Travis Bradberry, Matthew Herper, Andy Greenberg, John Dobosz.
It appears the group gained the wordpress login credentials by phishing and social engineering attacks and then edited some of the topics posted on the site.
The "SEA" also managed to hack Forbes official twitter account @forbestech and two of their staff member- @thealexknapp, @samsharf twitter account and tweeted "Syrian Electronics Army Was Here".
The reason behind the hack is said to be the Forbes hatred full post's and the lie's about Syria. Currently the situation is under control. All post,Tweets by SEA are removed also no harm was caused to the site in this hack.
Anyway @Forbes, Don't worry. Just a bad valentines. LOL :D
The group managed to post "Hacked by the Syrian Electronics Army" article under the list of articles written by Forbes’ Steve Forbes (Chairman of Forbes Media), Travis Bradberry, Matthew Herper, Andy Greenberg, John Dobosz.
It appears the group gained the wordpress login credentials by phishing and social engineering attacks and then edited some of the topics posted on the site.
The "SEA" also managed to hack Forbes official twitter account @forbestech and two of their staff member- @thealexknapp, @samsharf twitter account and tweeted "Syrian Electronics Army Was Here".
The reason behind the hack is said to be the Forbes hatred full post's and the lie's about Syria. Currently the situation is under control. All post,Tweets by SEA are removed also no harm was caused to the site in this hack.
Anyway @Forbes, Don't worry. Just a bad valentines. LOL :D
Indian model and strip queen Poonam Pandey’s official website hacked and defaced by Pakistani hackers
The site before the hack, used to display her hot images and videos. Now currently there's just a black page with some messages. Hackers also mentioned their email id - haxor99_4u@yahoo.com .
The hackers have even put a message on the website which asks Indians to raise voice for Kashmir.
She was shocked when she saw that her official website has been hacked. She tweeted about it and asked for help from her million fans,
Also, she is said to be reporting the Indian Cyber Crime Cell office today.
Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hacked Microsoft Office Blog
Today Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hacked Microsoft's Office blog just after few hours when it was redesigned. The blog was defaced, Syrian Electronic Army once again posted their messages and it was quickly recovered by Microsoft.
The Syrian Electronic Army also posted some screenshot's of both old and new WordPress administration panel of the Microsoft Official Office Blogs on their twitter account.
Last week, Syrian Electronic Army managed to take over Microsoft's official blog and two Twitter accounts. Earlier in the month, the group hijacked Skype's social media accounts also a Xbox Official Instagram account.
The company looks to investigate and resolve the issue. It seems Syrian Electronic Army is able to access some of Microsoft employee email accounts.
In a tweet, The SEA teased Microsoft team that changing the CMS would not help the company if their employees are hacked and they don't know about it.
Microsoft has reassured users that no personal data has been compromised in the result of the attack. Now Microsoft should take this attack seriously to stop further embarrassments.
The Syrian Electronic Army also posted some screenshot's of both old and new WordPress administration panel of the Microsoft Official Office Blogs on their twitter account.
Last week, Syrian Electronic Army managed to take over Microsoft's official blog and two Twitter accounts. Earlier in the month, the group hijacked Skype's social media accounts also a Xbox Official Instagram account.
The company looks to investigate and resolve the issue. It seems Syrian Electronic Army is able to access some of Microsoft employee email accounts.
In a tweet, The SEA teased Microsoft team that changing the CMS would not help the company if their employees are hacked and they don't know about it.
Microsoft has reassured users that no personal data has been compromised in the result of the attack. Now Microsoft should take this attack seriously to stop further embarrassments.
