Inside the Syrian Electronic Army's Attack on Outbrain

The latest attack by the Syrian Electronic Army, a group of pro-Assad hackers, was first revealed on Thursday by a brief editor's note on The Washington Post's website.

The attack compromised the content delivery service Outbrain, as reported by E Hacking News. The websites of CNN and TIME, which also use Outbrain's services, were affected by the attack as well

The attack began on the evening of Aug. 14, according to a blog post by Outbrain's Vice President of Marketing Lisa LaCour, when the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) sent a phishing email to all Outbrain employees. The email, which appeared to come from Outbrain's CEO, contained a link seemingly from a prominent news source — but instead redirected those who clicked on it to a page asking for employees' login information Read more...