Category: Society & Culture

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

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/08/27/new-york-times-twitter-wsj-hacked-syrian-electronic-army-suspected/

Iraq claims Islamic State group has captured 2,500 chemical rockets

http://twitter.com/#!/LizSly/status/486645700264878080

The Associated Press Tuesday night is reporting a claim by Iraq that “the Islamic State extremist group has taken control of a vast former chemical weapons facility northwest of Baghdad, where remnants of 2,500 degraded chemical rockets filled decades ago with the deadly nerve agent sarin are stored.”

The U.S. government, for its part, has “played down the threat from the takeover, saying there are no intact chemical weapons and it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to use the material for military purposes.”

http://twitter.com/#!/CustosDivini/status/486651042030170112 http://twitter.com/#!/CustosDivini/status/486651480338739201

So, are these WMDs, former WMDs or just an example of ISIS propaganda?

http://twitter.com/#!/Ron_GriffithsJr/status/486662551623974912

 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/07/08/iraq-claims-to-un-that-islamic-state-extremist-group-has-captured-2500-chemical-rockets/

Afternoon Roundup of Celebrity Tweets (March 8th, 2012)

http://twitter.com/#!/ShannaMoakler/status/177839588373569536

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang….. was a joke, an attempt to underline the banality of…. Oh, never mind.

— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) March 8, 2012

Today is a very special day for me, 8 years ago I made the decision to get my life on track and have been clean and sober ever since.

— Chaz Bono (@ChazBono) March 8, 2012

I can't believe I said leggo. I hate when people say that! LOL

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) March 8, 2012

https://twitter.com/#!/SteveCarell/status/177830384539672576

No matter what we've done or where we've been, every single one of us can change.

— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) March 8, 2012

Hope everyone is having a beautiful day! Wanted to ask everyone to follow @St0pKony2k12 it's really important!

— Hilary Duff (@HilaryDuff) March 8, 2012

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/03/08/afternoon-roundup-of-celebrity-tweets-march-8th-2012/

When You Hug An Animal — Big Or Small — They Know You Mean Well

January 21 was National Hugging Day — and before you say, ‘Wait…there’s a day for that?’ let me reassure you that of course there is, and it’s incredibly important. So it may not be equal to Independence Day, but some might argue it’s a close second.

Here to show you just how important — oh yeah, and adorable — it is are the incredible folks over at Edgar’s Mission in Australia.

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Would someone possibly, maybe, perhaps give me a hug? After that, I’m dying for one!

If you’d like to learn more about the incredible work that Edgar’s Mission does at their animal sanctuary, you can do so here.

Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/hugging-day/