Lebanese Gray Hat Hacker Targets Damascus University

A hacker who goes by the name Idahc defaced the homepage of Damascus University and posted a warning that additional government and Syrian education websites will be hacked, according to The Daily Star.

Sunday afternoon, the self-described Lebanese gray hat hacker took to Twitter and posted a message that said,  “Damascusuniversity.edu.sy OWNED,” with a link to a website where he had posted information from the university’s website.

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Hackers Claim 177K Email Addresses from Sony Pictures France Breach

In yet another round of cyber attacks, hackers have stolen more than 177,000 emails from Sony Pictures France, ZDNet reports. The two hackers, who go by the names of Idahc and Auth3ntiq, claim to have exploited an SQL flaw to get the information. The hackers posted information on Pastebin.com about their coup and a sample of the emails they stole.

In a recent interview on Forbes.com, Idahc said…