The Syrian Electronics Corps has said it is responsible for a number of news media sites in the West that have been hacked.

International online: According to the Russian RT News Network November 27, the Thursday Thanksgiving in the Western news media website was attacked by hackers, "the Syrian Electronics Corps" (Syrian Electronic Army) said that the incident was responsible, its successively "black into" including the "New York Times", Media sites such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Daily Telegraph.

Most of the attacks were in the British and American media, and the attacked American media, including the Chicago Tribune, CNBC and Forbes. Users who visit these sites will receive a pop-up message: "You have been invaded by the Syrian electronics Corps." The hacker group said on Twitter that the attack was aimed mainly at Thanksgiving in the United States. In Britain, in addition to the Daily Telegraph, the news media organizations that were attacked included the independent and the standard Evening news.

The Daily Telegraph reported that part of the site had been attacked by a third party, but had been removed and user data unaffected. The Independent reported that only a small number of users were affected. It is reported that the organization is through the United States Gigya content sharing platform to launch attacks.

This year, the "Syrian Electronics Corps" has launched several attacks on western media sites: January, hacking into Skype's associated media account, releasing important news about Microsoft's products, and the U.S. government's close relationship with Silicon Valley, and in February, hacking into Forbes employees ' email accounts and controlling blogs.

Last year, the group hacked into the Associated Press's Twitter account and issued a White House bomb attack with a reputation for bad news. In addition, CNN, Time magazine's Twitter account has been hacked into. (Shen Hua)