The Washington Post’s mobile site was hacked Thursday by an entity claiming ties to the Syrian Electronic Army, a computer hacking group that supports Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Visitors to the Post’s mobile site were greeted with a series of alerts that said, “You’ve been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army!”; “US govt is training the terrorists to kill more Syrians”; “Saudi Arabia and its allies are killing hundreds of Yemens [sic] people everyday [sic]!”; and “The media is always lying.”
A final screen after the alerts said, “Hacked by SEA.”
“The Washington Post’s mobile homepage and some section fronts on the mobile site were redirected to a site that claimed to be run by the Syrian Electronic Army,” said a statement from Shailesh Prakash, chief information officer at the Post. “The situation has been resolved and no customer information was impacted.”
Syria is currently engulfed in a civil war. Last week, the U.S. began training moderate Syrian rebels to combat the Islamic State and pro-Assad forces.
