The Syrian Electronic Army is claiming responsibility for the hacking of multiple news websites, including CBC News.
CBCNews.ca appears to be affected Thursday by the hacking.
Some users trying to access the CBC website reported seeing a pop-up message reading: “You’ve been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).”
Hey @CBCNews is it possible that your site has been hacked? #CBC pic.twitter.com/4JtKTzV4jM
— Jacquie Surges (@jacquiesurges) November 27, 2014
The Telegraph reported that part of its website run by a third party was compromised earlier Thursday.
“We’ve removed the component,” the Telegraph tweeted. “No Telegraph user data was affected.”
A part of our website run by a third-party was compromised earlier today. We’ve removed the component. No Telegraph user data was affected.
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 27, 2014
The Independent reported that it was also affected by the apparent hacking, as well as the Chicago Tribune, CNBC, PC World and Forbes — citing social media.
