Forbes published an article on the a recent hack conducted by the well known Syrian Electronic Army cheating team. The post doesn't mention any exciting technical details, but there are some comeyeah, which is worth stopping at.
Forbes confirmed that the attackers used spear-phishing emails to fool the site's staff, and to obtain the passwords of the backend systems.
On Thursday and Friday, Forbes tried several times without success to fly them out hackers. They even contacted the FBI to ask for help.
"On Friday morning, Forbes received an email containing a photo showing the information in our database. The author of the email stated that the attack will stop if the fees are paid " wrote Lewis DVorkin in Forbes.
Όταν δημοσιεύτηκε το άρθρο, κάποιος εκfaceof Syrian Electronic Army responded with the following comment: "@Forbes claims in an article published that we asked them to send us the" fees "on Friday, but by then, the database had already been published."
"Dear @Forbes, posting a fake story (we asked for 'fees') when we joked about selling data is not the best way to defend yourself," the hackers added.
"And for future hacks, we will never ask for money and compensation. All we ask is your support. ”
Forbes said he is in the process of notifying 1 of millions of readers whose data were published by the Syrian Electronic Army and calling all their members to change their passwords.
The hacktivists reportedly deleted the archive with the leaked data and advise Forbes readers to change their passwords as well.
