In this article Christine Haugney writes about the incident that took place earlier on this week. New York Times was a victim of an online attack which caused the site to slow down and also, limited access to some articles. According to a company spokesmen, Danielle Rhoades Ha, the rackers tried to slow down the site by "bombarding a host site with requests for information", and they did not find out who is responsible for this attack. This is not the first time it happens to New York Times, but last year the newspaper had been attacked by Chines hackers. In the last paragraph of the article, Haugney reminds the readers about other attacks in other websites such as some twitter accounts, and also other media companies such as The Associated Press and Union.
The purpose of this article is to inform the readers about the serious online attack on New York Times that happened this week. It is also to explain to people who read articles at Times website the reason why it was having problems. In order to do that, Christine Haugney made the article "well structured". While in first paragraphs she introduces the readers to the idea, in body paragraphs she gives evidences and sources from other people to support her argument, and in the last paragraphs she concludes the article by mentioning online attacks on other companies. Besides that, she quotes people that work in New York Times, such as Danielle Rhoades Ha, which gives the article credibility (ethos). In addition to that, she uses rhetorical elements such as metonomy in the article. For instance, she says "Syrian Electronic Army said " even though it is not the army itself that said it. This element helps the readers understand the situation better in a simpler way, otherwise, probably the article would have become confusing.
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