The Looming Threat of Newsroom Cyber Attacks

By: David Uberti | CJR

Around 11am on Tuesday, journalists at the Maryland CBS affiliate WBOC noticed that their Twitter password had been changed. Employees watched, powerless, as a string of militant tweets were blasted to the station’s 18,000 followers. A half-hour later, photos declaring support for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria began appearing on their website’s homepage.