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A Syrian man who used a hijacked news agency Twitter account to post a fake report of explosions at the White House has been sentenced to 42 months in prison, the US Department of Justice has announced.
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Ahmad Umar Agha, also known as “Th3Pr0”, was sentenced on Thursday by a federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia for his central role in a hacking conspiracy organized and led by members of former Syrian President … More →
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KazaSec's take
Incidents like this rarely start with the headline event itself, they usually trace back to an exposed remote-access endpoint, an unpatched perimeter system, or a credential phished weeks earlier. The organizations that recover fastest are the ones that tested their defenses and their incident response plan before they needed them.
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