Syrian hacker Ahmed Omar Agha ("Th3Pr0") sentenced to 42 months in US prison for hacking linked to Assad A federal court in Virginia convicted Agha, 32, of belonging to the Syrian Electronic Army and carrying out hacking campaigns for the Bashar al-Assad regime. Its operations between 2011 and 2024 targeted approximately 47 entities, including Western media, companies, non-governmental organizations, and American and Western government entities. The 2013 hack of the Associated Press Twitter account is considered his most famous operation.

Syrian hacker Ahmed Omar Agha ("Th3Pr0") sentenced to 42 months in US prison for hacking linked to Assad A federal court in Virginia convicted Agha, 32, of belonging to the Syrian Electronic Army and carrying out hacking campaigns for the Bashar al-Assad regime. Its operations between 2011 and 2024 targeted approximately 47 entities, including Western media, companies, non-governmental organizations, and American and Western government entities. The 2013 hack of the Associated Press Twitter account is considered his most famous operation.