The SEA Attacks Microsoft…Again

The SEA (Syrian Electronic Army) has struck again.  They seized control of many Saudi Arabian government websites this past week.
The SEA attacked Microsoft along with 16 other Saudi domains and tweeted the names and links of the domains with #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerorism.

The 16 domains offline but here are the Tweets:
Tweet1: Riyadh Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | riyadh.gov.sa/   #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism #SaudiArabia
Tweet2: Aldoriyah Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.aldoriyah.gov.sa/  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism
Tweet3: Almajmah Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://almajmah.gov.sa  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism
Tweet4: Almuzahmiyah Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.almuzahmiyah.gov.sa  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism
Tweet5: Shaqra Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.shaqra.gov.sa  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism #SaudiArabia
Tweet6: Huraymila Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.huraymila.gov.sa  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism
Tweet7: Alghat Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.alghat.gov.sa  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism #SaudiArabia
Tweet8: Alquwayiyah Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.alquwayiyah.gov.sa  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism
Tweet9: Alduwadimi Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.alduwadimi.gov.sa  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism
Tweet10: Alohtah Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.alhotah.gov.sa/  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism #SaudiArabia
Tweet11: Alshariq Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army| http://www.alhariq.gov.sa  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism #SaudiArabia
Tweet12: Alsulayyl Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.alsulayyl.gov.sa/  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism
Tweet13: Thadiq Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.thadiq.gov.sa//  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism #SaudiArabia
Tweet14: Duruma Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.duruma.gov.sa  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism #SaudiArabia
Tweet15: Rumah Principality website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.rumah.gov.sa  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism #SaudiArabia
Tweet16: Riyadh Principality magazine website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army | http://www.imara-mag.gov.sa  #SEA #ActAgainstSaudiArabiaTerrorism
The SEA was lashed at from security analyst Graham Cluley on Wednesday, he reported teh Turkish hacking collective TurkGuvenligi breached the Syrian Electronic Army’s website.

“You imbeciles will attack our country with fake phishing emails and we’ll accept your lies and don’t do anything? This is the end you deserve,” TurkGuvenligi wrote in a message on the SEA’s site, above a verse from the Quran.

The hacker fight broke out against the SEA’s campaign against Microsoft on January 1st.

The SEA Attack

The SEA attacked Microsoft over Skype’s Twitter and Facebook accounts.  Another SEA attack to Microsoft happened when the company’s internal emails and tweeting screenshots of employees’ messages were took from their business Outlook accounts.
Xbox and the Microsoft news blog accounts were also affected.  The SEA attack on Microsoft hasn’t ended yet.
The SEA tweeted Wednesday, “We didn’t finish our attack on Microsoft yet,” and “Stay tuned for more!”

This message also implies that Saudi Arabian hacks will continue, as well.
The Syrian Electronic Army has been sending this type of message out since September 2012.
The hackers started attacking Western websites in retaliation for Innocence of Muslims.  There was an anti-Islamic video resulting in the violent demonstrations in the Middle East as a result.
Last year the SEA attacked many well known sites, including The Guardian, the New York Times, the BBC, the Financial Times, and The Onion.
Popular chat apps like Viber and Tango were also attacked.
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References:
Syrian Hackers Hijack Saudi Sites, Target Microsoft (Again) – PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2429607,00.asp