‘Syrian Electronic Army’ Takes Down The New York Times

Hacktivists loyal to Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad have taken over The New York Times’ web address to broadcast a circa-1998-style defacement message: “Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army.

The hacker gang boasted on its Twitter feed today that it also wrested control of one of Twitter’s domains, and Whois records show that the administrative and technical contacts were set to “SEA SEA.” Twitter says image serving was temporarily disrupted as a result.