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| U.S. military social media accounts apparently hacked by Islamic State sympathizers | |
| 2015-01-13 | |
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... took control of the social media accounts of the U.S. military’s Central Command on Monday, posting threatening messages and propaganda videos, along with some military documents. The command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts were eventually taken offline, but not before a string of tweets and the release of military documents, some of which listed contact information for senior military personnel. A Centcom front man confirmed their accounts were “compromised,” and said later that the accounts have been taken offline while the incident is investigated more. “CENTCOM’s operation military networks were not compromised and there was no operational impact to U.S. Central Command,” a military statement said. “CENTCOM will restore service to its Twitter and YouTube accounts as quickly as possible. We are viewing this purely as a case of cybervandalism.” Military officials added in the statement that their initial assessment is that no classified information was posted, and that none of what was released came from Centcom’s server or social media sites. The command will notify Defense Department and law enforcement authorities about the release of personally identifiable information and make sure that those affected are notified as quickly as possible, Centcom said. not clear whether the hackers are actually with the Islamic State, sympathizers with the bad boys, or simply pulling a prank on the Pentagon. But J.M. Berger, an analyst and non-resident fellow with the Brookings Institution, said there is reason to believe it could be someone affiliated directly with the Islamic State. ISIS has a team of hackers who are very deeply involved in ISIS the organization, said Berger, author of the forthcoming book ISIS: The State of Terror. They have been practicing and recruiting for a while, and this has been going on for months and months, Berger said. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 In my experience, there is a far greater percentage of people using social media than not. That is across all age groups up until around 65+ |
| Posted by: ChrisInFtWorth 2015-01-13 22:43 |
| #6 does anyone over the age of 17 even use social media anymore? Just wondering how bad of a thing this really is? |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2015-01-13 16:33 |
| #5 Why don't they just get a party-line and save a few bucks? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-01-13 15:41 |
| #4 "Why does CENTCOM even *have* a Twitter account?" They probably got run off of MySpace. (I hear they're trying to set up a bulk deal with Match.com.) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-01-13 07:41 |
| #3 Why does CENTCOM even *have* a Twitter account? (and why is the password 'guest'?)Posted by SteveS A bit of 'cyber harvesting' gone bad would be my guess. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-01-13 01:49 |
| #2 Why does CENTCOM even *have* a Twitter account? (and why is the password 'guest'?) |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-01-13 01:46 |
| #1 At the same time Obama was giving a speech on cybersecurity - this guy's got the touch, all right! |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-01-13 00:32 |