Websites of Fifth largest bank in U.S. (usbank.com) hacked by Free Syrian Hackers.

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Waqa

World renowned anti-Bashar Ul Assad hacker from Syria going with the handle of Dr.SHA6H is back in news, this time with a massive cyber attack on high-profile banking infrastructure of the United States in which five official websites of US Bank Corp (usbank.com) were hacked and defaced.

The targeted websites belong to US bank online banking, mobile banking, product achievement, Focus Card – Prepaid Card service and perks+ feature of the US Bank.

Dr.SHA6H left a deface page along with a message on all hacked domains in support of free Syria and against the world’s silence over the Syrian issue. Hacker bashed the governments of the world for not taking any action about Syrian conflict.
Official logo of US Bank.


”This site has been hacked because of the world’s silence about the three years of massacres that occur in Syria and still happening. The security breach is not to make damage, It is only to deliver a specific message to the world”, according to the deface message.
A full preview of the deface page uploaded by hacker is available below:




Links of targeted websites along with their mirror as a proof of hack is available here.

The below given screenshot shows two of the verified twitter handles of U.S. Bank:

About the hacker:

Dr.SHA6H is an anti-Bashar Ul Assad hacker who has been hacking high profile websites around the world and delivering his version about the ongoing Syrian conflict. In past, the hacker hacked the official website of City of Mansfield, OH, Avira Anti-Virus Slovenia & United Nation Armenia, United Nations Information Center Jakarta, and several other websites.

You can click here to read previous hacks conducted by Dr.SHA6H.

About US Bank:
U.S. Bancorp is an American diversified financial services holding company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association, the fifth largest bank in the United States based on $384.2 billion in assets (as of June 30, 2014 per official FDIC data) and fourth largest in the US in total branches, according to sources.

The hack was conducted 12 hours ago and at the time of publishing this article, all websites were restored.


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