Al Jazeera website hacked

Visitors to Al Jazeera’s website got a surprise overnight.  Hackers replaced Al Jazeera’s home page with a message saying it was done in protest against the Doha-based television station’s coverage of the Syrian conflict.  The attack lasted for several hours during which visitors were served a page with a Syrian flag and a message explaining that the hack was “in response to your stand against Syria (the people and the government) and for support for militant terrorism”.  Al Jazeera explained that their infrastructure was not compromised but rather, the hack was against a 3rd party hosting company.  Screenshot of the hacked page below.