Syrian Electronic Army
The Syrian Electronic Army ( Arabic الجيش السوري الإلكتروني, DMG al-Ǧaiš as-sūrī al-iliktrūnī , English Syrian Electronic Army ) is a hacker group that has been operating since 2011 and supports the government of President Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian civil war . In addition to Syrian opposition groups, the attacks also target the media and news agencies such as the New York Times , Reuters and Associated Press , human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch , universities such as Harvard and companies such as Microsoft .
The exact relationship of the group to the power apparatus of the Syrian state is unclear, a direct connection is denied by the group itself. The use of the top-level domain .sy is only possible with state permission and using the restrictive state networks. In a speech at Damascus University in June 2011, Assad praised the group as a “real army in a virtual reality”.
Web links
- Official website of the Syrian Electronic Army (English)
- The Emergence of Open and Organized Pro-Government Cyber Attacks in the Middle East: The Case of the Syrian Electronic Army , Infowar Monitor der Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
Individual evidence
- ↑ Syria's cyber retaliation signals new era of warfare , USA Today, August 30, 2013.
- ↑ Advertise & Sell: New York Times website hacked | W&V. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Reuters Twitter account hacked, false tweets about Syria sent , Reuters, August 5, 2012.
- ^ 'Bogus' AP tweet about explosion at the White House wipes billions off US markets , The Telegraph, April 23, 2013.
- ↑ Syria's pro-Assad hackers infiltrate Human Rights Watch Web site and Twitter feed , The Washington Post, March 17, 2013.
- ↑ Harvard website hacked by Syria protesters , BBC, September 26, 2011.
- ↑ Microsoft blog hijacked , heiseSecurity, January 12, 2014.
- ^ Speech of HE President Bashar al-Assad at Damascus University on the situation in Syria ( Memento of December 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) , SANA, June 21, 2011.