FBI Cyber Division Adds Syrian Electronic Army To Wanted List 74
coolnumbr12 writes "The U.S. government has had enough of the Syrian Electronic Army's hacks of Western media and government outlets. A week after the SEA shut down the New York Times, the FBI Cyber Division unit has officially added the pro-Assad hacker collective to its wanted list. The FBI issued an advisory that included information about the SEA, its capabilities, and some of its more heinous attacks. The advisory also warns networks to be on the lookout for attacks, and that anyone found to be aiding the SEA will be seen as terrorists actively aiding attacks against the U.S. websites."
Re:haha (Score:3, Informative)
The one page advisory does *not* use the word terrorism.
The story mentions terrorism. The headline mentions terrorism.
However, the actual one page FBI advisory does NOT use the word terrorism.
Re:haha (Score:5, Informative)
No, you were right. Direct link below to the FBI advisory PDF. There is no mention of terrorism.
http://info.publicintelligence.net/FBI-SEA.pdf [publicintelligence.net]
"Terrorism" was an insert by the IB Times (Score:5, Informative)
I commented on this elsewhere, but I'll do it again because people are getting whipped up about it.
The IB Times is entirely responsible for using the label terrorism. The FBI did not call it terrorism. Here's a direct link to the FBI advisory requesting information about website defacement. Consistent with the FBI's domestic focus.
http://info.publicintelligence.net/FBI-SEA.pdf [publicintelligence.net]
To be honest, that is incredibly bad journalism. No one is sourced for the word terrorism; it is an invention of this Ryan Neal fellow.
Feel free to tell Mr. Neal the error of his ways (Score:5, Informative)
from TFA
The advisory also warns networks to be on the lookout for attacks, and that anyone found to be aiding the SEA will be seen as terrorists actively aiding attacks against the U.S. websites.
i'm no friend of the SEA (or the sea) but if you read the actually advisory [publicintelligence.net] then you likely noticed that neither "terrorism" or "terrorist" is anywhere in the advisory.
since he's written a flat out lie under the guise of fact, i think people should inform him of the error of his ways.
his facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ryanwneal [facebook.com]
his twitter feed: https://twitter.com/ryanWneal [twitter.com]
feel free to mod up +1 pwn4g3