New York Times Goes Down Again, and This Time Hackers Are to Blame

The NY Times appears to be still down. The Twitter feed is working.

The Times are actively working to get the site restored and working as soon as possible.

 

Still down, it's becoming more and more frequent this type of cyber-attack. I wonder what do they expect to achieve by doing so, and what could be done to avert such attacks.

 

Pretty sure the Times uses Norton for their protection.

 

And this will redefine the definition of the so-called bad websites. Hopefully this will open everyone's eyes that you can get into troubles just by visiting a "harmless" site... when it's being hacked.

Eeerr...

 

For those that cannot access http://nytimes.com/ use: http://news.nytco.com/

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/372482824428744704

 

Back on line now.

 

This is a problem, but AFAIK this hack was politically motivated & there were no malicious codes or malware that could potentially infect as drive-bys.

I wonder if NoScript would be an adequate defence against malware in this kind of drive-by attack?

 

Actually the global edition is still down, at least from my location (Seoul), but I can access the US edition with this: http://170.149.168.130/
It must be very serious, I have never experienced such a long off line period...

 

" ... Internet records showed they'd be seized all over again and made to point to a Russian Web host known to cater to purveyors of drive-by malware exploits and other online nasties." ~ op cit

Now that's scary!

 

War has changed. A cyber attack by any and all sides (as there is no such thing as a 2 sided war any more) is now the norm. Anyone with a cause will pile on to get a piece of the pie. 'Rent a mob' is no longer attributed to marching protesters or anarchists, it has migrated so very successfully to the internet. A march with banners is not always covered by the media, especially one that is peaceful. A cyber attack is always reported, especially if the target is a high profile business. Paradigm shift! Syria/Russia/China ... get used to it.

 

Or use OpenDNS - all their users can access the proper sites.

 

Thanks but no thanks - I'd sooner wait than use OpenDNS. The NY Times are not that important although the subject of the hack is an interesting topic.