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"FireEye said the attack was pulled off using a vulnerable version of WordPress."
How many times has this happened involving WordPress.....any how many more times will it!
The Syrian Electronic Army is starting to pose a serious risk to enemies of the Assad regime in both Syria and further afield, according to security watchers. Reports that the SEA managed to take over three personal email accounts of White House employees remain unconfirmed. However, recent worrying attacks on VoIP apps Viber …
Assad government. "Regime" just sounds like Daily Wail propagandising. I know the Reg is supposed to have a tabloid feel, but is it really quite that unthinking?
Still, at least the SEA have declared open season on themselves. I can't think of many Western security agencies being too bothered if a whole shitload of hack attempts are detected heading inbound to Syria.
What is the end game in all this? Yes it is inconvenient to some people, but it doesn't stop the opposition from shooting at them. Most of the media coverage says that outside the cities, where the 'rebels' hang out, is pretty much destroyed and there is no infrastructure for communications.
I just don't see how this ties back to the opposition. Even though they hacked the phone book there is no listing for 'Rebels' in there (at least not in my phone book) and if Internet access is limited they can't intercept communications. I guess I'm missing something.