The US Army’s official website was hacked Monday with messages denouncing Washington’s training of rebel fighters inside Syria, but no data was stolen, officials said.
As a result of the hacking, the Army decided to temporarily shut down the website, which is designed for the general public with basic information and does not contain classified or personal data, officials said.
Your commanders admit they are training the people they have sent you to die fighting
The so-called “Syrian Electronic Army” took credit for the cyber hack, and posted the messages on its Twitter account. The group has been blamed for previous hacking and denial of service attacks that have condemned rebel forces fighting the Syrian regime.
“Today an element of the Army.mil service provider’s content was compromised,” army spokesman Brigadier General Malcolm Frost said in a statement.
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
The pro-Syrian regime group has been linked to the hacking of numerous news media sites in recent years.
