Syrian Electronic Army took over 11 Twitter feeds belonging to Britain’s Guardian newspaper. SEA said disruptions were made to protest newspaper’s “lies and slander about Syria,” group’s website says. SEA has previously attacked news organizations — including the BBC and al-Jazeera TV — over coverage that the group deemed to be unfavorable to the current Assad regime. Security experts have warned that such a system still wouldn’t protect Twitter users from having their accounts compromised via malware or phishing attacks. A two-year civil war in Syria has claimed an estimated 70,000 lives to date.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/syrian-hacktivists-hit-guardian-twitter-feeds