Al Jazeera's main website was also defaced Websites of broadcaster Al Jazeera were offline as of late Tuesday as the media outlet continued to suffered from an attack against Domain Name System (DNS) servers. Al Jazeera’s main website was also defaced at one point, according to a screenshot captured by Zone-H.org, which tracks website vandalism. A group calling itself Al-Rashedon claimed responsibility, displaying a Syrian flag and large red stamp reading “Hack.”Babar Mustafa, a senior software engineer with Al Jazeera, wrote on Twitter that “DNS [Domain Name System] poisoning issues are being resolved by our provider.”ISPs often provide DNS services to their customers. Tampering with DNS settings can be particularly harmful, since users can be redirected to a fake website even though a correct domain name has been typed into a web browser. The type of attack is know as DNS “poisoning.” The DNS issue caused Al Jazeera’s websites to be available in some parts of the world but not others. Mustafa advised that people visit “www.aljazeera.com” rather than just “aljazeera.com,” although the variation did not work from Australia on Wednesday morning. Another domain, “www.aljazeerasport.net,” was also offline.Political unrest in the Middle East had caused increased activity from hackers motivated by political causes who target high-profile websites in order to embarrass entities that the activists dislike. In March 2003, Al Jazeera was hit with a distributed denial-of-service attack following its broadcast of photos of U.S. soldiers who had been captured by Iraqi forces. Send news tips and comments to jeremy_kirk@idg.com Related content news Okta launches Cybersecurity Workforce Development Initiative New philanthropic and educational grants aim to advance inclusive pathways into cybersecurity and technology careers. By Michael Hill Oct 04, 2023 3 mins IT Skills IT Skills IT Skills news New critical AI vulnerabilities in TorchServe put thousands of AI models at risk The vulnerabilities can completely compromise the AI infrastructure of the world’s biggest businesses, Oligo Security said. By Shweta Sharma Oct 04, 2023 4 mins Vulnerabilities news ChatGPT “not a reliable” tool for detecting vulnerabilities in developed code NCC Group report claims machine learning models show strong promise in detecting novel zero-day attacks. By Michael Hill Oct 04, 2023 3 mins DevSecOps Generative AI Vulnerabilities news Google Chrome zero-day jumps onto CISA's known vulnerability list A serious security flaw in Google Chrome, which was discovered under active exploitation in the wild, is a new addition to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency’s Known Exploited vulnerabilities catalog. By Jon Gold Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Zero-day vulnerability Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe