The Forbes website appears to have been hacked by the well-known hacktivist group Syrian Electronic Army. A post titled “Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army” that appeared out of the blue announced the event to unsuspecting visitors, journalists and page administrators. The articles started to become more and more and under different faces each time.
Thus there were publications by journalists Andy Greenberg, Matthew Herper, John Dobosz, and Steve Forbes. This could mean that the hackers had access to multiple accounts, or just one with administrative rights.
Later softpedia contacted them and reported that hackers gained access to its admin panel wordpress used by Forbes.
It's another successful attack on a high-profile target by the team who knows how to crack phishing emails.
The team Syrian Electronic Army, it seems that it has not only violated the Forbes website but also 3 Twitter accounts belonging to journalists. The accounts @samsharf, @ForbesTech and @TheAlexKnapp is being held hostage by the hacktivists. At the time of writing, only account by Samantha Sharf presents messages from Syrian Electronic Army (Syrian Electronic Army Was Here).
In addition to posting the journalists, the hackers have not caused any other damage to the famous journalistic website. The reason for the attack on Forbes is because its journalists have published too many articles against their group (SEA) and against Syria.
