As US troops get ready for a possible military intervention in Syria, it is worthwhile to keep an eye on the asymmetries of modern war tactics. At the same time pro-Syrian hackers brought down the website of the New York Times, and crippled that of Twitter, causing it to appear incorrectly.
By bringing down high profile U.S. websites the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) can surely affect how the U.S. response is perceived, both domestically and overseas.
Source: MIT Technology Review
