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VICE Hacked By Syria Electronic Army

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Lee J

bymniliceaaydnm Today the Syria Electronic Army @Official_SEA16 has announced a breach on popular news website vice.com. The attack was announced from twitter just a short time ago as well as a picture of the vice’s administrator panel allowing them to have full control over all content. As a result of the breach the SEA have left the following message in an article added to the site.

YOUR WEBSITE WAS HACKED BY THE SYRIAN ELECTRONIC ARMY. THIS TIME WE JUST DELETED THE ARTICLE THAT YOU CLAIMED IN IT THAT YOU EXPOSED "TH3PR0" IDENTITY. BUT YOU DIDN’T. YOU PUBLISHED NAMES OF INNOCENT PEOPLE INSTEAD. THE SECOND TIME WE WILL DELETE ALL YOUR WEBSITE. SPECIAL HI FROM TH3PR0 🙂 DONE.

syrian-electronic-army-was-here-vice-united-states At time of publishing the article was still live.

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