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Old 03-30-2015, 11:45 AM  
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Syrian Electronic Army Hacks EIG Hosting

The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has hacked Endurance International Group INC (EIG) hosting, which includes: Bluehost, Justhost, Hostgator, Hostmonster and FastDomain. If you're having troubles, that may explain it.

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Once again, Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has gain media attention by compromising a number of popular web hosting brands of one of the leading web-hosting companies Endurance International Group INC that manages over 60 different hosting brands.
SEA, a pro-hacker group supposed to be aligned with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is famous for hacking high-profile websites and targeting leading organisation with its advanced phishing attacks.

This time the group hacked Endurance Group wings, including Bluehost, Justhost, Hostgator, Hostmonster and FastDomain, which are some of the world's leading web hosting companies.

The official Twitter account linked to SEA group claimed responsibility for the hack. The group has posted the screenshots of the hacked panels of all the respective web hosting companies.

REASON BEHIND HACK
According to SEA group, Endurance Group's BlueHost, JustHost, HostGator and HostMonster were hosting terrorists web sites on their servers, which is why the group hacked them.

It isn?t the first time when the group has hacked some companies, earlier SEA hackers hacked a number of websites for posting content against its Syrian President.

Go to thehackernews.com for more info.
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