The well-known hacktivist team Syrian Electronic Army προσπάθησε να επιτεθεί σε αρκετές μεγάλες ιστοσελίδες, όπως την Google, την Yahoo, την Amazon και το Facebook μετά από hacking που πραγματοποίησαν στα συστήματα του παρόχου υπηρεσιών διαχείρισης domain MarkMonitor.
It seems that MarkMonitor stop her attack before the hacktivist group from Syria did much damage. However, the screenshots posted by the Syrian Electronic Army on Twitter show that they had already gained access to its administration panels MarkMonitor for Google, The Yahoo, The Amazon and Facebook.
Shortly before MarkMonitor's technicians detected the attack and managed to close the management panel to prevent hackers from taking further action, SEA published a screenshot showing that Facebook had already begun to change.
The picture shows that the addresses of the registrants had changed with one from Damascus. The message accompanying the screenshot states, "Happy Birthday Mark! Το Facebook.com ανήκει στην SEA. "