The Syrian Electronic Army hacked today Reuters agency website and redirected which now puts at risk other major news outlets, analysts say.
The SEA reportedly corrupted Taboola web ads on Reuters articles to redirect traffic to a page under the hackers’ control.
- All the articles on reuters.com were redirected to sea.sy/indexs -
Picture of the message:
It is the first public, virtual army in the Arab world to openly launch cyber attacks on its opponents.
The SEA message stated: "Stop publishing fake reports and false articles about Syria!
"UK government is supporting the terrorists in Syria to destroy it. Stop spreading its propaganda."
But it appears the security breach is not the fault of Reuters, but web advertising site Taboola, which now puts at risk other major news outlets, analysts say.
Taboola, who confirmed the breach:
Today, between 7AM - 8AM EDT, an organization called the “Syrian Electronic Army” hacked Taboola’s widget on Reuters.com.The intruder was redirecting users that accessed article pages on reuters.com to a different landing page.Code dynamically inserted into Reuters web pages by the New York-based company appears to have been poisoned by the Syrian Electronic Army in order to redirect visitors to another page under the hackers' control.