Through spear phishing and credential stealing, the hackers were able to. The sea claimed responsibility for a hack into al jazeeras sms breaking news alert system. Although not directly affiliated with the government of syrian president bashar alassad, the group is known for distributing propaganda in support of his regime. Aug 28, 20 a claimed cyber attack by the syrian electronic army pro syrian regime hackers on the new york times sparks more questions about the group. Ultimately, even if the smc only serves as a mechanism for greater cooperation and coordination, it is a significant development in that it has united the efforts of rebel commanders across syria. Close enough the link between the syrian electronic army. The seas cyber operations gradually subsided as the conflict progressed and by 2016 it appeared that the group had ceased to operate. We would like to announce that in response to the unfair and illegal attacks, taken place by israel on date, sea has penetrated one of the main infrastructural. Kaspersky study indicates 200,000 malware variants are released daily, the carberp trojans source code is leaked and an 0day is discovered, finra reports on prolific cyber attacks against its members, the ft is attacked by the syrian electronic army and gives a play by play on what happened, kaspersky reports an 87% increase in phishing. The case of the syrian electronic army sea offers the chance to study a counter. Today hackers of syrian electronic army hacked paypal and ebay, the group modified the. Ap latest victim in string of twitter breakins by syrian. The group of hackers syrian electronic army sea has monopolized the attention of the media, the hacking team has practically hit every possible target within government organizations, big enterprises and media agencies. Pdf forbes breach syrian electronic army put you at risk.
Fbi cyber division adds syrian electronic army to wanted. A week after the sea shut down the new york times, the fbi cyber division unit has officially added the proassad hacker collective to its wanted list. Some of the tactics of hactivism they use to attack those deemed. The syrian electronic army a hacktivist group emerald insight. The case of the syrian electronic army sea offers the chance to study a counter response to the cyber activism of the arab spring. Rebels are keeping prisoners in residential areas to deter syrian military air raids on douma, northeast of damascus.
The syrian electronic army, also known as the syrian electronic soldiers, is a collection of progovernment computer hackers aligned with syrian president bashar alassad. Civilian head of syrian electronic army territorial army. Syrian electronic army claims responsibility for hacking u. Apr 24, 20 the syrian electronic army a group of pro syrian regime hackers that has aggressively targeted major news organizations and activists may operate in cyberspace, but its attacks can have real.
The syrian electronic army is a group of computer hackers which first surfaced online in 2011 to support the government of syrian president bashar alassad. Syrian electronic army goon extradited from germany now. Feb 01, 2014 a screenshot appearing to show the syrian electronic army s logo on the homepage for ebay in the uk. The syrian electronic army uses spam, website defacement, malware, phishing and denial of service attacks against political. The new face of the syrian electronic army open canada. May 16, 20 beware patriotic syrian hackers holding a media grudge.
The selfproclaimed syrian electronic army, a progovernment group, has been accused of using the internet to attack its opposition since early on in the uprising. Meanwhile, the syrian electronic army, a hacktivist group claiming ties to the syrian regime, waged a parallel online campaign against assads detractors. The associated press news agency is the latest western news organisation to fall victim to the syrian electronic army s cyber war, with a false tweet about an explosion at the white house causing. The core conclusion of the paper is the definition of a. The syrian electronic army sea is fuelled by the perception that syria is being misrepresented by western propaganda and they pitch themselves to journalists as trying to show the real story, but theres a widespread belief that the information handed over to the regime by hackers has led directly to the murders of a number of antiregime activists. Syrian electronic army hacker pleads guilty to online extortion charges, syrian electronic army s banker extradited to the us. May 10, 20 in an interview with the syrian electronic army, we talked to its 24 year old leader the shadow to get a glimpse of the seas motivations and agenda. Allosh, syrian government a loosely organized collective of syrian governmentaffiliated threat actors that has targeted a wide range of entities since 2011. The syrian electronic army has claimed responsibility for another attack on media outlets, this time through a hootsuite account associated with at least two international fox television networks. Syrias electronic army science and technology news al.
The syrian electronic army is a hacktivist group that supports president bashar alassads regime in syria. The fbi issued an advisory that included information about the sea, its capabilities, and some of its more. The cyber dimensions of the syrian civil war johns hopkins. Aug 28, 20 the new york times website and came under heavy cyberattack on tuesday afternoon at the keystrokes of a hacker group called the syrian electronic army, which claimed responsibility for. The syrian electronic armys most dangerous hack vice. Computer hacking conspiracy charges unsealed against. Syrian rebels caging prisoners in new defense tactic. Syrian electronic army hacks washington post web site. Two from syrian electronic army added to cybers most wanted amad umar agha, left, and firas dardar were charged in federal court with multiple conspiracies related to computer hacking. On july 24, 20, vibers support system was defaced by the syrian electronic army.
While some of the activity sought to harm the economic and national security of the united states in the name of syria, these. Pdf forbes breach syrian electronic army put you at. Syrian electronic army sea, deadeye jackal threat group cards. Fbi cyber division adds syrian electronic army to wanted list. Inside the mind of the syrian electronic army and its leader. Close enough the link between the syrian electronic. Syrian electronic army takes down the new york times. The syrian electronic army reacted with scathing remarks at twitter on august 31, 20. You are currently only seeing 1% of the 10,000plus pieces of expert insights and analyses available with a trac subscription.
The new york times attacked by syrian electronic army. The list of victims is very crowded, last in order of time were cnn and microsoft. Since its inception in 2011, the sea has successfully infiltrated more than 40. The main technical finding of the study placed the sea within two degrees of separation from a senior politician within the assad regime. Research methods featured an adapted method of snowball sampling. Syrian electronic army learn more about it the hacker news. May 17, 2018 from the beginning of the syrian conflict, the syrian electronic army sea led major cyber operations against foreign and opposition targets on behalf of syrias president bashar alassad. Thats one takeaway from the ongoing exploits of the syrian electronic army, a selfdescribed group of grassroots syrian hackers who support. Cory bennett, syrian electronic army comes after u. The syrian electronic army an introductory reading list financial.
A cyber attack by syrian electronic army may be assads. The syrian electronic army, in a tweet, claimed they gained access to elements of our site by hacking one of our business partners, outbrain. The syrian electronic army has staged a number of attacks in recent months, including an attack on the washington posts website. The syrian electronic army compromised a hootsuite account used. The syrian electronic army sea is the first public, virtual army in the arab world to openly launch cyber attacks on its opponents, 31 though the precise nature of its. Posts about syrian electronic army written by codekillgroup. The syrian hacking group provided this image as supposed proof of a hack on ebay and paypal on. Member of syrian electronic army territorial army intelligence service other information.
Aug 28, 20 a hacking group calling itself the syrian electronic army sea has been getting an unusual amount of press lately, most recently after hijacking the web sites of the new york times and the. The new york times wikipedia the syrian electronic army serves as a progovernment military faction in cyberspace and has been long considered an enemy of the hacktivist group. Anuj nayar, paypals senior director of global initiatives, told mashable, for a brief period today, a very limited number of people visiting certain paypal and ebay marketing pages in the uk, france and india were redirected. Us charges 3 it ties to syrian electronic army for hacking. Close enough the link between the syrian electronic army and. May 25, 20 the syrian electronic army however, maintains that it succeeded in infiltrating the network, in response to recent israeli strikes. Apr 25, 20 the associated press news agency is the latest western news organisation to fall victim to the syrian electronic army s cyber war, with a false tweet about an explosion at the white house causing. But who are they, what is their motivation, and why have they had so much success thus far. Syrian electronic army sea hackers have made their place on the fbis most wanted list. Cyber activities in the syrian conflict css cy center for security. The newspapers website was hacked on august 29, 20, by the syrian electronic army, a hacking group that supports the government of syrian president bashar alassad. Ahmed al agha is wanted for his alleged involvement in the syrian electronic army sea. While some of the activity sought to harm the economic and national security of. How the syrian electronic army put you at risk joey hernandez cism, cciso, cissp background deadeye jackal the cryptonym for an activist group also known as the syrian electronic army sea is a collection of progovernment computer hackers aligned with syrian president bashar alassad.
Feb 20, 2014 last week, forbes joined the growing list of media organizations successfully infiltrated by the syrian electronic army. Sep 05, 20 approximately seven days ago it was announced that the new york times website was hacked by the syrian electronic army sea, a group of pro syrian regime hackers. Nuisance not a serious cyber threat, nbc news, october 8. Computer hacking conspiracy charges unsealed against members. Mar 22, 2016 two from syrian electronic army added to cybers most wanted amad umar agha, left, and firas dardar were charged in federal court with multiple conspiracies related to computer hacking.
Two from syrian electronic army added to cybers most. Syrian electronic army launched cyberattack on israeli citys. Syrian president bashar alassad spent the bulk of 20 fighting to maintain control over the country. Sea is a public relations tool for assads government to draw the worlds attention to the official syrian version of events taking place in the country and countering the impact of syrian oppositional groups. Nov 24, 2015 the syrian electronic army, a mysterious proassad hacker group, struck again tuesday afternoon, taking control of the new york times and twitter internet domains, among others. The syrian electronic army publicly claims that its hacking activities are conducted in support of the embattled regime of syrian president bashar alassad, said assistant attorney general carlin. The case of the syrian electronic army sea offers the chance to. The syrian electronic army an introductory reading list. Pdf this paper investigates the online hacking group, the syrian electronic army sea, and examines its goals. Syrian hackers claim ap hack that tipped stock market by. Jul 23, 20 the syrian electronic army mostly targets global media sites, but its latest hack stole user data from a chat and entertainment app. Syrian electronic army sea, also known as syrian electronic soldiers is an active group formed c. Behind the syrian conflicts digital front lines fireeye.
Aug 28, 20 the syrian electronic army said it was behind the attacks. The free syrian army fsa is a loose faction in the syrian civil war founded on 29 july 2011 by officers of the syrian armed forces whose. Syrian electronic army is not a hacktivist group but is made up of cyber warriors. Trade sanctions cited in hundreds of syrian domain. March 20 elizabeth obagy middle east security report. Syria syrias war syrian refugees syrian electronic army international human rights.
Purpose the aim of the paper is to assess the hacktivist group called the syrian electronic army and determine what their motivations in. A key player in this context is the syrian electronic army sea. Theyve taken down the new york times, hijacked the associated press twitter feed and duped many into believing the white house had been bombed the world panicked. Aug 15, 20 a syrian protester shout slogans as she holds a banner that reads in arabic, the electronic syrian army, during a demonstration to show her support for the syrian president in front of the. The incident was first reported by matthew keys the desk. Syrian electronic army site down after attack on new. Member of the syria armed forces of the rank of colonel and. Feb 20, 2014 the syrian electronic army spokesperson also claimed that the group wasnt associated with ethical spectrum.
From the beginning of the syrian conflict, the syrian electronic army sea led major cyber operations against foreign and opposition targets on behalf of syrias president bashar alassad. I got a pdf file on my email with more than 40,000 names of people they have detained, and that file came from activists who hacked. Microsoft targeted in phishing attack, likely by syrian. As of this writing, the times website is still down. The syrian electronic army said it was behind the attacks. Apr 23, 20 the syrian electronic army describes itself on its website launched in may 2011, as the syrian civil war escalated as a group of enthusiastic syrian youths who could not stay passive. No customer data was accessed by these redirects, and no.
Three months ago, i got a pdf file on my email with more than 40,000 names of people they have detained, and that file came from activists who. The syrian electronic army announced on its twitter feed that it had hacked. The syrian electronic army is a loosely organized collective of hactivists, or hackers with an ideological motive. Us indicts 3 it ties to syrian electronic army for hacking. The syrian electronic army sea is created fisher and keller, 2011. Prosecutors allege that 22yearold agha and 27yearold dardar used spearphishing to steal usernames and passwords to. Cyber opportunities in unconventional warfare us army special. Sep 01, 20 the syrian electronic army has been in the news a lot lately in more ways than one.
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