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REPORT: Syrian Electronic Army cyber-attacks NY Times site

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28-08-2013 | 10:13

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The New York Times' website went offline for several hours Wednesday morning after a hacker group calling itself the "Syrian Electronic Army" claimed responsibility for an online breach of security.

"Our website was unavailable to users in the United States for a time on Tuesday," the newspaper said in an online post. "The disruption was the result of an external attack on our domain name registrar, and we are at work on fully restoring the service. We regret if this has caused you any inconvenience."

The cyber attacks come at a time when the Obama administration is trying to bolster its case for possible military action against Syria, where the administration says President Bashar Assad's government is responsible for a deadly chemical attack on civilians. Assad denies the claim.

"Media is going down ..." warned the Syrian Electronic Army in a Twitter message before the websites stopped working, adding that it also had taken over Twitter and the Huffington Post U.K.

The Syrian Electronic Army has, in recent months, taken credit for Web attacks on media targets that it sees as sympathetic to Syria's rebels, including prior attacks at the New York Times, along with the Washington Post, Agence France-Press, 60 Minutes, CBS News, National Public Radio, The Associated Press, Al-Jazeera English and the BBC.

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