The well-known task force Syrian Electronic Army allegedly hacked a total of four Wall Twitter accounts Street Journal (WSJ).
Syrian policymakers captured Twitter accounts @wsjafrica, @wsjeurope, @vsvvintage, and @wsjd, as reported by Poynter. They immediately published the message "@Irawinkler is a cockroach," or in Greek “@Irawinkler is a cockroach”, along with a photo of Ira Winkler's head with the body of a cockroach.
The journalistic website WSJ quickly reacted and removed the tweets.
Of course, we don't know the way the hacktivists used to acquire it access on the accounts, although we know from previous attacks that they are very good phishers.
But why did the Syrian Electronic Army team mention Winkler? The hackers recently learned about a presentation made by Winkler, CEO of Secure Mentem, at the RSA Conference.
In his presentation, the expert detailed the methods used by the Syrian Electronic Army group. He also mentioned that he has managed to locate some of the team members and called them SEA. "cockroaches of the Internet."
As the characterization did not like the hackers, they deformed the RSA conference website. In fact, they did not violate the RSA Conference website, but they redirected their visitors to a distorted page.
