Forbes Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Hacked Forbes! The Syrian Electronic Army struck again

The web of Forbes 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 fact 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, Herper, John Dobosz και Steve Forbes. Αυτό μπορεί να σημαίνει ότι οι hackers είχαν on multiple accounts, or just one with administrative rights.
Later softpedia contacted them and reported that the hackers gained access to the διαχείρισης του wordpress που χρησιμοποιεί το Forbes.
It's another successful attack on a high-profile target by the team who knows how to crack phishing emails.
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The team Syrian Electronic Army, it appears that not only Forbes website was hacked but also 3 of his accounts belonging to members of the press team. The accounts @samsharf, @ForbesTech and @TheAlexKnapp is being held hostage by the hacktivists. At the time of writing, only ς της Samantha Sharf παρουσιάζει by 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.

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