US army website taken down by Syrian hackers

Published June 9th, 2015 - 07:07 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Hackers have forced the US Army to take down its website after it was targeted in a cyber attack.

The Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-Assad group has claimed responsibility for the hack.

On its Twitter page the group said it had posted several propaganda messages on the site.

"After this came to our attention, the army took appropriate preventive measures to ensure there was no breach of army data by taking down the website temporarily," army Brigadier General Malcolm Frost. 

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