"Cyberspies Hijacked the Internet Domains of Entire Countries"

A hacker group, called Sea Turtle, has been discovered by researchers at Cisco's Talos security devision to be carrying out an espionage campaign primarily targeting government organizations in the Middle East and North Africa, including intelligence agencies, ministries of foreign affairs, and more, to gain access to sensitive networks. The espionage campaign was launched through the performance of DNS hijacking and impacted 40 different organizations in 13 countries. This article continues to discuss the Sea Turtle espionage campaign in relation to its targets and performance of DNS hijacking, as well as the growing popularity of DNS hijacking among hackers and a possible solution to DNS hijacking.  

Wired reports "Cyberspies Hijacked the Internet Domains of Entire Countries"