By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The so-called Syrian Electronic Army has launched a series of cyber attacks targeting U.S. companies and government systems since 2011.
Now the Justice Department has filed charges against three of the group’s members, CNN reports.
The cyber-attackers targeted companies that they believe are oppose to Syria’s Assad regime, defacing websites, seizing social media accounts and penetrating computer systems from 2011 to 2014.
Among the targets were CNN, The Washington Post, NASA, the White House, Microsoft and Harvard University.
Charges filed in federal court in Alexandria, Va., allege the hackers are based in Germany and Syria.
