Hackers claiming to be from the Syrian Electronic Army broke into CNNs Twitter and Facebook accounts and one of the news channels blogs on Thursday. The hacks occurred amid the Geneva 2 peace talks between government and opposition representatives. Around 17:45 EST, CNNs Twitter account sent messages such as Syrian Electronic Army Was Here...Stop lying...All your reports are fake! and DONT FORGET: Al Qaeda is AL CIA da. Funded, armed and controlled. Tonight, the #SEA decided to retaliate against #CNNs viciously lying reporting aimed at prolonging the suffering in #Syria. SyrianElectronicArmy (@Official_SEA16) January 24, 2014 Once CNN had regained control, it tweeted, Some of our organizations social media accounts were compromised. We have secured those accounts and are working to remedy the issue. The Syrian Electronic Army - a collective of hackers sympathetic to Syrian President Bashar Assad - has targeted other news outlets like BBC and NPR, as well as Skype, TIME magazine, and US President Barack Obamas Twitter and Facebook accounts. Thursday was the second day of preliminary meetings in Geneva before more serious peace talks begin on Friday between Assads regime and opposition leaders. The Geneva 2 meetings also involve world powers such as Russia and the United States, as well as various Arab states and Turkey. The opposition coalition repeated Thursday its aversion to meeting face-to-face with Syrian government representatives. UN mediators will organize negotiations between the groups. Oh dear. @cnns been owned. pic.twitter/LbGaIsd30e Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) January 23, 2014 Looks like they are posting to Facebook as well. pic.twitter/XvivW8UGot Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) January 23, 2014
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:48:35 +0000
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