{
  "id": 17229113,
  "title": "Syrian Hacker Behind Fake Tweet That Triggered $136 Billion Market Drop Gets 42 Months in Prison",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/syrian-hacker-behind-fake-tweet-that-triggered-136-billion-market",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T10:40:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/syrian-hacker-behind-fake-tweet-that.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Ahmad Umar Agha, a Syrian Electronic Army hacker known online as \"Th3Pr0,\" has been sentenced by a U.S. federal court to 42 months in prison for his role in a hacking conspiracy that targeted Western news outlets. The conspiracy was organized and led by members of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle, including the commander of Syria's General Intelligence",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}