Syrian Computer Society

The Syrian Computer Society is an organization in Syria. It was founded by Bassel al-Assad in 1989, and was subsequently headed by his brother Bashar al-Assad,^[1] who would later become the President of Syria. It acts as Syria's domain name registration authority and has been reported to be closely associated with the Syrian state.^[2] In May 2013, 700 domains registered by Syrians, mostly hosted at servers with IP addresses assigned to the Syrian Computer Society,^[3] were reported to have been seized by the U.S. DNS infrastructure operator Network Solutions.^[2] The domain names became registered to "OFAC Holding", believed to be a reference to the U.S. federal government's Office of Foreign Assets Control.^[3]

Some members of the Syrian Computer Society belonged to the first group of supporters of the Syrian Electronic Army.^[4]

References

↑ Alterman, Jon B. (1998). "New Media New Politics?". The Washington Institute 48. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyPaper48.pdf. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Sean Gallagher (May 8, 2013). "Network Solutions seizes over 700 domains registered to Syrians". Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/network-solutions-seized-over-700-domains-registered-to-syrians/. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Trade Sanctions Cited in Hundreds of Syrian Domain Seizures". Krebs on Security. 8 May 2013. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/05/trade-sanctions-cited-in-hundreds-of-syrian-domain-seizures/. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
↑ "Hunting for Syrian Hackers’ Chain of Command". The New York Times. 17 May 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/technology/financial-times-site-is-hacked.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1. Retrieved 2016-10-18.

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[alt1998-1] Alterman, Jon B. (1998). "New Media New Politics?". The Washington Institute 48. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyPaper48.pdf. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

[ars2013-05-08-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sean Gallagher (May 8, 2013). "Network Solutions seizes over 700 domains registered to Syrians". Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/network-solutions-seized-over-700-domains-registered-to-syrians/. Retrieved 2013-05-09.

[krebs2013-05-08-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Trade Sanctions Cited in Hundreds of Syrian Domain Seizures". Krebs on Security. 8 May 2013. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/05/trade-sanctions-cited-in-hundreds-of-syrian-domain-seizures/. Retrieved 2013-05-09.

[4] "Hunting for Syrian Hackers’ Chain of Command". The New York Times. 17 May 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/technology/financial-times-site-is-hacked.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1. Retrieved 2016-10-18.