WASHINGTON
(AP) -- A Marine Corps spokesman says the Marines' recruiting website
was tampered with and redirected temporarily, but no information was put
at risk.
Capt. Eric Flanagan wouldn't say who
was responsible for the hacking, but the site was redirected to a
message from the Syrian Electronic Army, a hacker group that's claimed
responsibility for disrupting the New York Times website, Twitter and
other media sites the group sees as sympathetic to Syria's rebels.
The message to the Marine Corps was a plea for Americans to fight alongside the Syrian army and not aide the rebels.
President
Barack Obama is seeking congressional approval for U.S. military
intervention in Syria in response to the suspected August chemical
weapons attack on Syrian rebels who are trying to oust Syrian President
Bashar Assad from power.
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