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Cyber threats Case study 2 – Manipulation of e-commerce The use of social media as a trusted source of 24-hour news was abused with a view to disrupting stock market activities globally through inserting false news feeds concerning the safety of the President of the United States. Washington United States of America North Atlantic Ocean Syria Damascus Syria and US – conflict involving social media Associated Press tweeted, ‘breaking: two explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured’. The Dow Jones Stock Exchange dropped 70 points, although quickly recovered when the message was proved false. The Syrian Electronic Army hacktivist supporters of President Assad, claimed responsibility. Syrian Electronic Army Dow Jones movements 38 Cyber Primer (2nd Edition)
Cyber threats Using Twitter to manipulate politics and e-commerce Who What How Against whom Why It appears to have been an alleged state-encouraged Syrian attack directed through Twitter at the United States political and economic stability. The Syrian Electronic Army have also reportedly attacked the al Jazeera news agency, Reuters and the BBC. Their most recent high profile attack (5 June 2015) was against the United States Army’s public website. Using fake Twitter accounts with a web-based interface, where the real Associated Press Twitter account uses the SociaFlow application. Media reports that the fake account was initially taken as genuine by those who did not read or understand the process used by the Associated Press to broadcast news on Twitter. Main attack was against the Associated Press, causing reputational damage. The aim appears to have been to discredit the Associated Press and other news agencies which picked up the story as correct, without adequate authentication. When 23 April 2013; previous attacks had occurred since April 2012. Impact Allegedly low impact to the Associated Press but high publicity value to Syrian Electronic Army and it disrupted the stock market. According to media reports, later attacks led to a degree of cooperation between the Syrian Electronic Army and Anonymous (a loosely associated international network of activists and hacktivists), although each has also reportedly attacked the other’s websites. This attack emphasises the unreliability of uncorroborated stories broadcast on the Internet and the viability of news organisations as targets for hacktivists. More information A commentary on this specific attack is at: http://www.slashgear.com/twitterand-syrian-electronic-army-go-to-battle-23278926/ Cyber Primer (2nd Edition) 39
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