For the second time in two weeks, The New York Times website is not working for some users.
“The New York Times Web site is experiencing technical difficulties. We are working on fully restoring the site,” the Times announced via Twitter on Tuesday afternoon. Times spokespeople did not respond to a request for comment from POLITICO.
The Times’ site went down on Aug. 14, leading to a flurry of speculation about a possible hack. Times spokesperson Eileen Murphy said the crash was the result of “a scheduled maintenance update.”
UPDATE (5:10 p.m.): Via Twitter, Times spokesperson Eileen Murphy says the shutdown is “most likely the result of [a] malicious external attack”:
re: nytimes.com - initial assessment – issue is most likely result of malicious external attack. working to fix
UPDATE (6:20 p.m.): NYTimes.com, Twitter.com and HuffingtonPost.UK all were reportedly hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army on Tuesday afternoon, according to reports. The New York Times, which is continuing to publish stories through company site nytco.com, has a full report on the hack here.
More details here as we get them…
Syrian Electronic Army hacks N.Y. Times
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