Report: Newsweek Attacked by Hackers After Negative Donald Trump Story

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite

by Alex Griswold | 11:03 am, September 30th, 2016

Newsweek reporter Kurt Eichenwald tweeted Friday that a negative story about Donald Trump was temporarily down Thursday night after the paper’s website was attacked by hackers.

Eichenwald reported Thursday that a company controlled by Trump took steps to invest in Cuba in the 1990’s and took business trips to Havana, a violation of the U.S. embargo. But late Thursday, Newsweek‘s website went down entirely.

At first, Eichenwald announced that that website went down because of high traffic. But half an hour later, he said the site was attacked by “hackers.”

Last night, @Newsweek crashed from flood of ppl trying 2 read story about Trump breaking Cuban embargo. It’s back. https://t.co/BLWD7ga1BZ

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 30, 2016

News: The reason ppl couldnt read #TrumpInCuba piece late yesterday is that hackers launched a major attack on Newsweek after it was posted.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 30, 2016

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/report-newsweek-attacked-by-hackers-after-negative-donald-trump-story/

[C_U_L8R]

1. Trump's cyber brownshirts again?

Or in his case, brownshorts.

[emulatorloo]

2. Putin's crew probably lent a hand

Just speculation of course.

[groundloop]

3. Just as a guess, I'd say that sounds very likely

[emulatorloo]

6. I guess we'll know if Ass-ange leaks Kurt Eichenwald's SSN and credit card info

ON EDIT: before someone' lectures me on how this was not an email hack but an effort to take Newsweek's website down, I'm being snarky.

[RKP5637]

4. Yep, Putin looking out for his want to be dictator of the US. n/t

[Moonwalk]

12. I doubt Putin is looking out for Trump. Maybe Cuba connection will lead back to Russia connection..?

If Trump is owing Russian gangsters, then it's probably the hackers used by them. And he either asked them to do this OR they did it to slow down any discovery of a Russian connection. I know we like to think Putin is behind all this, and I wouldn't doubt a connection, but I don't think, even if connected, that Putin is putting all that much effort into unreliable Trump. But gangsters would want money milked from this campaign (and whatever he can get afterward, like a tv show, book deal, etc.) to be funneled their way. And would help out in order to get what they're owed.

[Sunlei]

11. no this was lowbrow constant clickers to overload server.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Directed by the 237 pound guy on the basement penthouse bed.

[Sunlei]

10. alone in the tower at 3am tweeting, I picture him rocking back & forth, naked.

I think he was my guild leader back in the old Everquest years.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

18. Obviously it's his little son. He's very good with "the cyber". nt

[onehandle]

5. The no longer former Soviet Union needs to be sanctioned.

Make them go broke again, and make a better deal with than Reagan/Bush's weak ass one.

[Botany]

7. From Russia w/love

n/t

[Sunlei]

9. must have hit a nerve with trumps friends he called, "400lb men sitting on beds"

[lark]

13. If the Mango Mussolini wasn't in bed with Russia, I'd sleep better at night.

As it is, I', still very nervous about them stealing the election. Our machines were designed to be hackable and Russia could exploit that to put their patsy in charge.

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. Rachel just reported that Newsweek traced the attacks back to Russian ip's. This is too much. nt

[Mc Mike]

15. I would have pinned it on his right wing echoes crowd.

Would have made for a better headline:

"Nazis Shut Down Newsweek, for Commie Castro-Lover dRumpf."

[Mc Mike]

20. And I still do pin it on the on-line bircher nazis.

They're acting on behalf of, in conjunction with, Putin intel.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

17. Why would the Russian not use proxies?

[Coyotl]

21. From behind the Cyber Curtain. Of course, since all hackers know that hides their origin.

The DNC hackers used the Russian cyber curtain to hide their identities also.

But, if Putin drops the curtain, they will all get caught! Keep up the pressure and we may have a roundup.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

16. Remember the good ol' days when it was only Anonymous attacking people we didn't like.

[NobodyHere]

19. Newsweek is still around?