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| New York Times website offline after 'malicious external attack' | New York Times website offline after 'malicious external attack' |
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| The New York Times website was the subject of a "malicious external attack" on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said. | The New York Times website was the subject of a "malicious external attack" on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said. |
| The attack left the website unavailable to many users from about 3pm ET. It was the second time the NYT's site has gone offline in the past two weeks. | The attack left the website unavailable to many users from about 3pm ET. It was the second time the NYT's site has gone offline in the past two weeks. |
| Eileen Murphy, a spokeswoman for the New York Times, said on Twitter that the the initial assessment was that the issue was "most likely result of malicious external attack" that the company was "working to fix". | Eileen Murphy, a spokeswoman for the New York Times, said on Twitter that the the initial assessment was that the issue was "most likely result of malicious external attack" that the company was "working to fix". |
| re: http://t.co/BQE1fJ3uLx - initial assessment - issue is most likely result of malicious external attack. working to fix | re: http://t.co/BQE1fJ3uLx - initial assessment - issue is most likely result of malicious external attack. working to fix |
| The site appeared to be still be inaccessible early on Wednesday. The NYT tweeted that it was also publishing at news.nytco.com. | The site appeared to be still be inaccessible early on Wednesday. The NYT tweeted that it was also publishing at news.nytco.com. |
| A Twitter account purporting to represent the Syrian Electronic Army, an internet hacktivist group supportive of the Assad regime, claimed responsibility. | A Twitter account purporting to represent the Syrian Electronic Army, an internet hacktivist group supportive of the Assad regime, claimed responsibility. |
| The problems began just after 3pm ET, and initially appeared to be intermittent. At 4:23pm, the NYT posted on Twitter: | The problems began just after 3pm ET, and initially appeared to be intermittent. At 4:23pm, the NYT posted on Twitter: |
| The New York Times Web site is experiencing technical difficulties. We are working on fully restoring the site. | The New York Times Web site is experiencing technical difficulties. We are working on fully restoring the site. |
| Three minutes later it declared that it would "continue to publish the news" and linked to a report on Syria which appeared to be hosted on a basic version of its site. | Three minutes later it declared that it would "continue to publish the news" and linked to a report on Syria which appeared to be hosted on a basic version of its site. |
| We will continue to publish the news. Here is our latest report on Syria: http://t.co/o3idAOaeBa | We will continue to publish the news. Here is our latest report on Syria: http://t.co/o3idAOaeBa |
| The newspaper's website previously went down on Wednesday 14 August. The site vanished just after 11am along with its mobile app. It remained offline for two hours before returning. At the time of that incident, Murphy said it was caused by maintenance work and there was "no reason to believe that this was the result of a cyber-attack". | The newspaper's website previously went down on Wednesday 14 August. The site vanished just after 11am along with its mobile app. It remained offline for two hours before returning. At the time of that incident, Murphy said it was caused by maintenance work and there was "no reason to believe that this was the result of a cyber-attack". |
| It was also alleged on Tuesday that Twitter had been the victim of an attack by the SEA. Bryan Ries, a senior editor at Newsweek, tweeted that the social media website had "lost its domain to the Syrian Electronic Army". | It was also alleged on Tuesday that Twitter had been the victim of an attack by the SEA. Bryan Ries, a senior editor at Newsweek, tweeted that the social media website had "lost its domain to the Syrian Electronic Army". |
| Um guys I think @twitter just lost its domain to the Syrian Electronic Army http://t.co/qQm8OkvxWX pic.twitter.com/eDUmlCG6gn | Um guys I think @twitter just lost its domain to the Syrian Electronic Army http://t.co/qQm8OkvxWX pic.twitter.com/eDUmlCG6gn |
| Ries shared a link showing that the admin name and email for the domain name "twitter.com" had been changed to "SEA SEA" and "sea@sea.sy" respectively. | Ries shared a link showing that the admin name and email for the domain name "twitter.com" had been changed to "SEA SEA" and "sea@sea.sy" respectively. |
| The SEA also claimed it "owned" Twitter's domain: | The SEA also claimed it "owned" Twitter's domain: |
| Hi @Twitter, look at your domain, its owned by #SEA :) http://t.co/ZMfpo1t3oG pic.twitter.com/ck7brWtUhK | Hi @Twitter, look at your domain, its owned by #SEA :) http://t.co/ZMfpo1t3oG pic.twitter.com/ck7brWtUhK |
| But there was no apparent disruption to Twitter's service. | But there was no apparent disruption to Twitter's service. |
| The site later released a statement confirming that part of its operation used to view images had been affected but did not mention other attacks that appeared to have been carried out by the activists. | The site later released a statement confirming that part of its operation used to view images had been affected but did not mention other attacks that appeared to have been carried out by the activists. |
| The statement read: "Viewing of images and photos was sporadically impacted. By 22:29 UTC, the original domain record for twimg.com was restored. No Twitter user information was affected by this incident." | The statement read: "Viewing of images and photos was sporadically impacted. By 22:29 UTC, the original domain record for twimg.com was restored. No Twitter user information was affected by this incident." |
| The Syrian Electronic Army allegedly hacked the Washington Post's website on 15 August. Managing editor Emilio Garcia-Ruiz said the website had fallen victim to a "sophisticated phishing attack to gain password information". | The Syrian Electronic Army allegedly hacked the Washington Post's website on 15 August. Managing editor Emilio Garcia-Ruiz said the website had fallen victim to a "sophisticated phishing attack to gain password information". |
| The SEA is a collection of computer hackers who support the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. They have used denial of service attacks and other methods to target opposition groups and western media websites. The group's relationship with Assad's government is the subject of debate. | The SEA is a collection of computer hackers who support the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. They have used denial of service attacks and other methods to target opposition groups and western media websites. The group's relationship with Assad's government is the subject of debate. |
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