http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/business/media/hacking-attack-is-suspected-on-times-web-site.html
By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY and NICOLE PERLROTH
The New York Times
August 27, 2013
The New York Times Web site was unavailable to readers on Tuesday
afternoon after an online attack on the company’s domain name registrar.
The attack also forced employees of The Times to take care in sending
e-mails.
The hacking was just the latest of a major media organization, with The
Financial Times and The Washington Post also having their operations
disrupted within the last few months. It was also the second time this
month that the Web site of The New York Times was unavailable for several
hours.
Marc Frons, chief information officer for The New York Times Company,
issued a statement at 4:20 p.m. on Tuesday warning employees that the
disruption — which appeared to be affecting the Web site well into the
evening — was “the result of a malicious external attack.” He advised
employees to “be careful when sending e-mail communications until this
situation is resolved.”
In an interview, Mr. Frons said the attack was carried out by a group
known as “the Syrian Electronic Army, or someone trying very hard to be
them.” The group attacked the company’s domain name registrar, Melbourne
IT. The Web site first went down after 3 p.m.; once service was restored,
the hackers quickly disrupted the site again. Shortly after 6 p.m., Mr.
Frons said that “we believe that we are on the road to fixing the
problem.”
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