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2015-01-13 Home Front: WoT

U.S. military social media accounts apparently hacked by Islamic State sympathizers

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-01-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#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|| 2015-01-13 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Why does CENTCOM even *have* a Twitter account?
(and why is the password 'guest'?)

Posted by SteveS 2015-01-13 01:46|| 2015-01-13 01:46|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-01-13 01:49|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-01-13 07:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Why don't they just get a party-line and save a few bucks?

Posted by Shipman 2015-01-13 15:41|| 2015-01-13 15:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-01-13 16:33|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-01-13 22:43|| Front Page Top

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