New York Times taken offline; Syrian Electronic Army suspected

http://twitter.com/#!/DavidKenner/status/372459292450127872

The New York Times has confirmed that its website has been taken offline by hackers, likely as part of a “malicious external attack.”

http://twitter.com/#!/NYTeileen/status/372455065404989440 http://twitter.com/#!/nycjim/status/372459045019320320

The Syrian Electronic Army, which has quite an impressive record of hacking into media outlets, hasn’t claimed responsibility, but some are already pointing fingers.

http://twitter.com/#!/jamesrbuk/status/372460739677929472 http://twitter.com/#!/mattjay/status/372453080094109696 http://twitter.com/#!/AntDeRosa/status/372471701574922240

Uh oh: Some are reporting problems with the Wall Street Journal as well.

http://twitter.com/#!/WSJPR/status/372456488029016064

The New York Times isn’t the only one whose DNS seems to have been taken over. This is big.

http://twitter.com/#!/jaesonschultz/status/372456943312330753 http://twitter.com/#!/neilkli/status/372463328620081153

Someone calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army has claimed credit for hacking Twitter.

http://twitter.com/#!/nikhilgoya_l/status/372463967735517184

Business Insider is reporting that the disappearing Wall Street Journal paywall isn’t the work of hackers but an attempt by the Journal’s marketing folks to scoop up some of the Times’ displaced readership. Clever, or cold?

http://twitter.com/#!/jwherrman/status/372472491085537281 http://twitter.com/#!/abumuqawama/status/372467686539685888 http://twitter.com/#!/danprimack/status/372461475509850112

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Update: The Huffington Post UK has been compromised as well.

http://twitter.com/#!/moneyries/status/372475111191740416

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets and the headline amended to reflect developments.

Related:

‘Ops! AP get owned’: Syrian Electronic Army claims credit for AP hack job

Syrian Electronic Army claims responsibility for hacking ‘60 Minutes’ feed

Syrian Electronic Army hacks into Human Rights Watch’s Twitter account

Hacked: @ThomsonReuters tweeting Syrian political cartoons

Oof: AP’s Twitter account hacked, reports ‘two explosions in the White House’; Update: Account suspended; Update: Account restored

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