Mass. Maritime website is hacked

Boston Globe: The Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s website was hacked Monday in what appeared to be a cyber-attack by an Islamic extremist group, officials said.

Rear Admiral Richard Gurnon, president of the academy, said faculty members first reported the changes at about 1:30 p.m., when they were redirected to a site with a picture of what seems to be a deceased soldier’s grave in the sand with Arabic writing scrolled underneath it, and a voice over of a man speaking in Arabic.

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