Reuters hacked, fake news posted

It's not hard to imagine attacks on information dissemination platforms being used for more nefarious purposes than just propaganda - see<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/business/09air.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/business/09air.html?_r=1</a><p>and imagine it being posted intentionally by someone with a large short position.

This sounds like the work of the Syrian Cyber Army, a pro-Assad hacker group.<p>Some background links:<p><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21506-assad-masses-syrian-cyber-army-in-online-crackdown.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21506-assad-masses-syr...</a><p><a href="http://www.theworld.org/2011/06/syrian-government-takes-the-battle-online/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theworld.org/2011/06/syrian-government-takes-the-...</a>