ISIS claims U.S. Central Command Twitter hack (Video)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 01/12/2015 08:43 AM
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Hackers claiming affiliation with ISIS have taken over the Twitter page belonging to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), and are Tweeting images of supposed "sensitive" documents. These documents allegedly contain internal CENTCOM data, another Tweet contained a link to Pastebin which promised multiple downloads of "confidential data."
Gizmodo contacted CENTCOM to confirm the breach. "We are aware of the issue," CENTCOM said, promising to get back to us with more details when they become available. CENTCOM also confirmed that its "Twitter and YouTube accounts were compromised." Meanwhile, the Pentagon says "CENTCOM is taking appropriate measure to address the matter."
A U.S. Department of Defense official told NBC News "this is clearly embarrassing, but not a security threat."
The organization "CyberCaliphate" has previously hacked twitter accounts of U.S. media outlets, including The Albuquerque Journal and Maryland's WBOC 16, but Monday's was the highest-level attack as yet attributed to the group.
Source: CNBC
Gizmodo contacted CENTCOM to confirm the breach. "We are aware of the issue," CENTCOM said, promising to get back to us with more details when they become available. CENTCOM also confirmed that its "Twitter and YouTube accounts were compromised." Meanwhile, the Pentagon says "CENTCOM is taking appropriate measure to address the matter."
A U.S. Department of Defense official told NBC News "this is clearly embarrassing, but not a security threat."
The organization "CyberCaliphate" has previously hacked twitter accounts of U.S. media outlets, including The Albuquerque Journal and Maryland's WBOC 16, but Monday's was the highest-level attack as yet attributed to the group.
Source: CNBC
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