Forbes Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army...

Forbes Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Website and Twitter accounts
Compromised

Forbes is the latest victim in a long line of high-profile attacks by the
Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) , sending a reminder to the international
community that cyber warfare is alive and well.
The pro-Assad group also took responsibility for hacking multiple
Forbes websites and hijacked three Twitter accounts related to the
website.
According to the screenshots published by the team, it appears the
hackers gained the access to the Wordpress administration panel of
Forbes website and edited several articles posted earlier on Forbes by
authors Travis Bradberry, Matthew Herper, Andy Greenberg, John
Dobosz, Steve Forbes and titled then as Hacked by Syrian Electronic
Army .
Hackers tweeted, Syrian Electronic Army was here from the
compromised Twitter accounts, including accounts of Social media
editor Alex Knapp @TheAlexKnapp and Personal finance report
Samantha Sharf @Samsharf , and @ForbesTech account.

The Syrian Electronic Army attacked Forbes because, Many articles
against the SEA were posted on Forbes, also their hate for Syria is very
clear and flagrant in their articles.

The Syrian Electronic Army group is notorious for hacking Western
media. They have targeted media sites, including the New York Times,
the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the AP, The Guardian, and
Twitter over the past year.

Source: The Hacker News