Reefa Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Hacking group Syrian Electronic Army today breached and defaced websites belonging to PayPal UK and eBay, though each website was resolving without issue or defacement after the announcement was made. The SEA provided its evidence on Twitter, with an example of what appeared to be PayPal.co.uk's website with a fresh deface, and a second follow-up tweet labeled "Internal Paypal communications confirming penetration."UPDATE: PayPal confirned the security breach telling ZDNet via email, "PayPal's Sr. Director of Global Initiatives notes that the problem was limited to marketing pages in the UK, France, and India redirecting, that it has been resolved, and no user data was compromised."PayPal did not provide an explanation regarding the display of its paypal.co.uk URL in the evidence of the hack as provided by the Syrian Electronic Army. SyrianElectronicArmy@Official_SEA16Internal Paypal communications confirming penetration. #SEA9:18 PM - 1 Feb 2014 The defacement purported to be on PayPal.co.uk read, "Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army. Long live Syria. F*ck the United States government." SyrianElectronicArmy@Official_SEA16paypal.co.uk few minutes ago. #SEA7:51 PM - 1 Feb 2014 The Twitter account directly addressed the concerns of PayPal users that the attack was political and not intended for theft saying, "Rest assured, this was purely a hacktivist operation, no user accounts or data were touched."It said the attack was for denying Syrians use of PayPal services. SyrianElectronicArmy@Official_SEA16 For denying Syrian citizens the ability to purchase online products, Paypal was hacked by the #SEA7:24 PM - 1 Feb 2014 The focus was on PayPal's UK site.PayPal UK offers a donation page for Syrian relief efforts, but the country is not on its page of supported countries.PayPal does not support use of its services in Syria -- affecting eBay buyers -- and it is widely considered that Syria is held on a blacklist of omission that includes dozes of other countries including Afghanistan, Haiti, American Samoa, Cuba, Pakistan, Libya, Sudan and many more.It is unclear how the attack occurred. The SEA told Hackread,Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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