N.Y. Times, Twitter Domains Said to Be Hacked by Syrian Group

The New York Times and Twitter Inc. had their Internet registrations hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, rendering at least parts of their sites inaccessible, said a person with knowledge of the companies’ investigations.

The Syrian group disrupted traffic to the websites by hacking into Melbourne IT Ltd., the company that controls the registration of the domains nytimes.com and twitter.co.uk, said the person, who wasn’t authorized to speak about the matter and asked not to be identified. That allowed hackers to control traffic of Internet users trying to reach those sites.