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, just days after Twitter beefed up security to prevent such attacks.
Twitter Inc said on Wednesday that it had started rolling out an optional two-step authentication regime for its users to thwart hackers.
The News Agency that Dare Not be Named, Britannia's Financial Times and Daily Telegraph newspapers have all previously succumbed to attacks from the self-styled Syrian Electronic Army.
ITV's London news Twitter account @itvlondon was hijacked on Friday afternoon and used to promote spoof stories about Syrian rebels, before the hackers tweeted "Just kidding. The Syrian Electronic Army was here. #SEA via @Official_SEA12."
ITV, Britannia's largest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, said on its national Twitter account that it was aware that it had been infiltrated and it was working to return to normal service as soon as possible.