The New York Times Hack by the Syrian Electronic Army continues to keep the paper of record offline, according to reports.

The New York Times Hackers, The Syrian Electronic Army, are hacktivists loyal to Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad.  The New York Times Hackers, The Syrian Electronic Army, took over The New York Times' web address to broadcast a message: "Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army."

No evidence suggests that the Times' internal systems were compromised. The New York Times Hackers, The Syrian Electronic Army, got control of the NYTimes.com domain name this afternoon through the paper's domain name registrar, Melbourne IT, then set it to map to a Russian hosting service delivering the message. Some visitors were served a large image of the hacker group's logo, but many just got timeout errors.

The New York Times Hackers, The Syrian Electronic Army boasted on its Twitter feed today that it also wrested control of one of Twitter's domains, and Whois records show that the administrative and technical contacts were set to "SEA SEA." Twitter says image serving had temporary disruptions.

The New York Times covers the Syrian conflict, which may have prompted the New York Times Hack by the Syrian Electronic Army. As an example of their Syrian coverage, the New York Times recently published opinion article that was pragmatically critical of President Bashar Al-Assad, advocating no intervention be taken: "a prolonged stalemate is the only outcome that would not be damaging to American interests.

Indeed, it would be disastrous if President Bashar al-Assad's regime were to emerge victorious after fully suppressing the rebellion and restoring its control over the entire country. Iranian money, weapons and operatives and Hezbollah troops have become key factors in the fighting, and Mr. Assad's triumph would dramatically affirm the power and prestige of Shiite Iran and Hezbollah, its Lebanon-based proxy - posing a direct threat both to the Sunni Arab states and to Israel.

But a rebel victory would also be extremely dangerous for the United States and for many of its allies in Europe and the Middle East. That's because extremist groups, some identified with Al Qaeda, have become the most effective fighting force in Syria. If those rebel groups manage to win, they would almost certainly try to form a government hostile to the United States. Moreover, Israel could not expect tranquillity on its northern border if the jihadis were to triumph in Syria."

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