Harvard's website gets hacked by Syrian hackers.

[busydude]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15061377

Along with a picture of Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, the hacked home page showed a message saying the "Syrian Electronic Army Were Here".
A further message made terror threats against the United States and criticised its opposition to the Assad regime.


Harvard said this has been the work of a "sophisticated individual or group".
"The university's homepage was compromised by an outside party this morning. We took down the site for several hours in order to restore it. The attack appears to have been the work of a sophisticated individual or group," said a Harvard spokesman.


The website was hacked on Monday morning by what appeared to be sympathisers of President Assad of Syria, with a picture of the president in military uniform appearing in front of a Syrian flag.


This was linked to another image of Syrian national colours, with a message accusing the United States of involvement in the uprisings against President Assad.

 

[xanis]

Not trying to derail the thread already but... why is every college's website a usability clusterfuck?

 

[busydude]

Not trying to derail the thread already but... why is every college's website a usability clusterfuck?

Glad to know that I am not the only one sharing that sentiment.

 

[PottedMeat]

random capital letters - hallmark of a sophisticated group :awe:

 

[halik]

And not a single fuck was given...

 

[goog40]

Jokes on them, no one in the US knows who the dude in the picture is or which country the flag represents.

 

[gevorg]

Is that a picture of Ramzi?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDFXaqDf8kk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ2LolPreUc

 

[lupi]

Jokes on them, no one in the US knows who the dude in the picture is or which country the flag represents.

the "syrian" though may give it away.