Hacktivist group, Cyber Justice Team, has taken responsibility for an attack last week on Syrian Government networks in which 55GB of data was leaked online. In total, 274k files were leaked from 43 national and private Syrian website domains. The group opposes both the government and ISIS for what it regards as the oppression of the people of Syria. Analysts have subsequently questioned the Syrian Government’s cyber security. Cyber Justice Team was able to obtain information by exploiting known and dated vulnerabilities with the web portals that the government uses. Researchers noted that: “These sites are known to be vulnerable and make for fertile ground for budding hackers that want to try their luck against an easy target, particularly if an organization is not staying up to date on vulnerabilities disclosed.”
Hacktivist group, Cyber Justice Team, has taken responsibility for an attack last week on Syrian Government networks in which 43GB of data was leaked online. In total, 274k files were leaked from 55 national and private Syrian website domains. The group opposes both the government and ISIS for what it regards as the oppression of the people of Syria. Analysts have subsequently questioned the Syrian Government’s cyber security. Cyber Justice Team was able to obtain information by exploiting known and dated vulnerabilities with the web portals that the government uses. Researchers noted that: “These sites are known to be vulnerable and make for fertile ground for budding hackers that want to try their luck against an easy target, particularly if an organization is not staying up to date on vulnerabilities disclosed.”