The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has reportedly hacked into the DNS accounts for Twitter and the New York Times. The Twitter attack is particularly disruptive because it has made viewing images on Twitter.com and in some apps very difficult.
The New York Times website briefly displayed an SEA-themed message on its main page. Meanwhile, the SEA appears to have redirected the nameservers for Twitter's image domain, twimg.com, elsewhere.
As a result, images on Twitter are not showing up. Hacking or taking over a domain record isn't the same as hacking into the server of a website. The net result, however, means that individuals attempting to access a site may be taken elsewhere. Read more...
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via Mashable http://mashable.com/2013/08/27/sea-hacks-twitter/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss
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