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The Independent Newspaper And CNBC Have Been Hacked

Joshua BarrieNov 27, 2014, 18:03 IST

The Independent newspaper and the CNBC website have been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).

The messages appeared on Thursday at around midday. The SEA is a well-known hacking group set up in 2011 in response to coverage of terrorism by western media.

The SEA, a pro-Assad Regime organisation, uses phishing, spamming, and malware to disrupt the internet.

The hacks today are the latest attacks in a long line of them.