Hackers breach Melbourne IT to take down nytimes.com

Hackers breach Melbourne IT to take down nytimes.comA group of cybercriminals, who were able to access a reseller account on Melbourne IT's network, managed to take down the official website of the New York Times on Tuesday.

Melbourne IT spokesman Tony Smith said that the company is working to ensure that it has improved security on the systems. He said that the company offers features on some accounts that restrict additional changes without extra authorization. Thus some of the accounts that were hacked had the lock feature activated and were not affected in the breach.

Smith said, "We are currently reviewing our logs to see if we can obtain information on the identity of the party that has used the reseller credentials, and we will share this information with the reseller and any relevant law enforcement bodies."

Marc Frons, chief information officer for the New York Times said that the breach is linked to a Syrian Electronic Army or someone aiming to be that group. He also advised company staff not to send sensitive data through emails as the hackers may have hacked into the internal emailing system. The group claiming to be the hackers did not state the reason for the hacking attack on the website.