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New York Times Website Goes Down as a Result of Suspected Hack
ABC ^ | Aug. 27, 2013 | JOANNA STERN and LAUREN EFFRON

Posted on 08/27/2013 2:41:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin

For the second time this month, the New York Times' website has gone down.

However, unlike the first outage on Aug. 14, which was a result of server problems, the company has said that it believes today's outage was a result of external "malicious attack."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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1 posted on 08/27/2013 2:41:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
No loss if it went down permanently.
2 posted on 08/27/2013 2:44:42 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes mandatory- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: BenLurkin
I saw this in progress.

NYT home page replaced by:

HACKED BY SYRIAN ELECTRONIC ARMY

With a coat of arms of some kind.

3 posted on 08/27/2013 2:46:35 PM PDT by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: BenLurkin

Not suspected. There are nothing but hacks working at the NYT.


4 posted on 08/27/2013 2:46:41 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: BenLurkin

Isn’t it backed up at the White House anyway? ;-)


5 posted on 08/27/2013 2:47:24 PM PDT by Average Al
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To: steve86

Well...that is one way for the US government intel hackers to get and keep NYT on their side in a war...right? Get them pissed off at ‘Syrian Regime’.


6 posted on 08/27/2013 2:48:30 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ve been having problems with Drudge Report but the people who consider him a threat live right here in America


7 posted on 08/27/2013 2:56:40 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: steve86

someone surely must have checked the URL of the Image file...bearing the coat of arms?


8 posted on 08/27/2013 2:56:45 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team / al-Kilab Division)
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To: All
I should have done a screen copy of the image.

Here is one from an earlier attack -- not identical but similar to today's graphic:


9 posted on 08/27/2013 2:57:03 PM PDT by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: silverleaf

He is on Hussein’s enemies list.


10 posted on 08/27/2013 2:57:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

BS
Look over here.

0bummer is hiding something and NYSlimes won’t be able to report on it, ...just watch and see I’ll be right. They’re making an excuse to not have to report on something big.


11 posted on 08/27/2013 3:02:53 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (“Life is hard, but it’s harder when you’re stupid.” John Wayne)
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To: BenLurkin

So that’s what it was a short time ago. There is a thread on here and the article came from them, and I tired twice to click on it and it wasn’t there.


12 posted on 08/27/2013 3:06:38 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
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To: BenLurkin

Well on the up side, lies are down for today!


13 posted on 08/27/2013 3:06:50 PM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam! 969)
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To: BenLurkin

NYT hacked? Couldn’t happen to a nicer group.


14 posted on 08/27/2013 3:09:06 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: BenLurkin

Did they say something bad about Hussein?


15 posted on 08/27/2013 3:10:52 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: jersey117

NY Times goes down. That is not a story.


16 posted on 08/27/2013 3:12:45 PM PDT by spawn44 ( MOO)
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September.

Please donate today.

17 posted on 08/27/2013 3:45:19 PM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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To: Average Al

LOL!! Their fail over server is hosted in the White House!


18 posted on 08/27/2013 3:58:15 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Buck Off, Bronco Bama)
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To: BenLurkin

given the economic status of the Dinosaur press, I suspect it’s because they didn’t pay their bills on time..


19 posted on 08/27/2013 4:02:57 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: steve86

Syrian Electronic Army - based in Quantico Virginia.


20 posted on 08/27/2013 4:09:39 PM PDT by DManA
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