The Syrian Electronic Army is a group of hackers who support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Earlier this month, the Syrian Electronic Army hacked the Washington Post’s site, where for a brief time visitors were redirected to the organization’s page. The Post was only the latest in a string of news organizations targeted by the group this year.
Also on Tuesday afternoon, Twitter was briefly hindered — though it wasn’t knocked out of service entirely — by an attack for which the Syrian Electronic Army took credit.
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