Within a few minutes of the attack, the New York Times had set in place alternative websites, and also posted up stories concerning the chemical attacks that have appalled the world, which happened in Syria recently. One of the headlines read, “Not Easy to Hide a Chemical Attack, Experts Say.” According to one of the posts by The New York Times, they mentioned, “Our Web site was unavailable to users in the United States for a time on Tuesday. The disruption was the result of an external attack on our domain name registrar, and we are at work on fully restoring service. We regret if this has caused you any inconvenience.”
The Syrian Electronic Army did send out a warning over Twitter before the affected sites were attacked, which read ominously, “Media is going down …”