The Independent, the Telegraph, as well as the webσελίδα of CNBC were hacked by our acquaintance team Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). Twitter users report others websites, such as PC World, Forbes, OK Magazine, NHL, Elsevier and Dell's official UK website.
A popup window says “You've been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).” Our hacktivist group is already known by various attacks on Facebook, high profile Twitter profiles and many more.
According to TNW, Independent confirmed the attack, but said its guests are not in danger.
Shortly afterwards, when he checked the entry point, he said all the domains that were affected were using the Gigya platform for comments. While Gigya has not been violated, the SEA team allegedly gained access to its DNS.
Telegraph confirmed the violation also by accusing a third-party service that he did not name:
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