After Adobe, Microsoft too gets a Hack

Microsoft Blog got Hacked by the Syrian Electronics Army

The Syrian Electronics Army   has declared that it hacked into the Microsoft's official blog.
The announcement was only made after a few hours after the blog was redesigned.

A snapshot of the Articles and Tweets that were posted by the Syrian Electronics Army

The SEA posted snapshots of what were some of the taunting tweets that they posted on the blog on their site. That's a shame for Microsoft... They also posted a tweet saying "changing the CMS will not help you if your employees are hacked and they don’t know about that," as reported by The Verge.

The group posted an article namely 'Hacked by the Syrian Electronics Army'. The article has been removed yet can be founded over the Google. 

Microsoft confirmed the security breach and stated that "A targeted cyberattack temporarily affected the Microsoft Office blog. The account was quickly reset and we can confirm that no customer information was compromised".

More details from a Microsoft representative reveal the most recent attack was infiltrated by means of phishing. “A social engineering cyberattack method known as phishing resulted in a small number of Microsoft employee social media and email accounts being impacted,” a Microsoft representative said Thursday via email. “These accounts were reset and no customer information was compromised. We continue to take a number of actions to protect our employees and accounts against this industry-wide issue.”



What is the SEA?

The SEA as defined by Wikipedia.com  is The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), also known as the Syrian Electronic Soldiers, is a collection of computer hackers who support the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Using denial of service attacks, defacement, and other methods, it mainly targets political opposition groups and western websites, including news organizations and human rights groups. The Syrian Electronic Army is the first public, virtual army in the Arab world to openly launch cyber attacks on its opponents, though the precise nature of its relationship with the Syrian government is unclear.