President Obama’s Twitter Links Hacked
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President Obama’s Twitter links were compromised on Monday in the latest attack by the hacker group known as the Syrian Electronic Army.
The commander-in-chief posted on Twitter, “Science fair nightmare: This #climate change denier is the world’s most embarrassing dad” and included a link that was expected to go to his website. Instead, followers that clicked on the shortened URL were led to a propaganda video on YouTube called “Syria Facing Terrorism,” . Several other Tweets sent by the president on Monday also linked to the video.
It’s important to note that the president’s custom URL shortener was compromised, not his actual Twitter account, meaning only the links were hacked. An official from Obama’s campaign group Organizers for Action that the president’s Twitter was not compromised. “An account with our link shortener was hacked. [But] at no point did they have access to the Twitter handle.”
The Syrian Electronic Army, an anonymous group of hackers who support the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, took responsibility for the attack. : “Obama doesn’t have any ethical issues with spying on the world, so we took it upon ourselves to return the favor.”
In recent months, of the Associated Press, CNN, The Guardian and NPR.
Related: Think China is the No. 1 Country for Hacking? Think Again.
President Obama’s Twitter links were compromised on Monday in the latest attack by the hacker group known as the Syrian Electronic Army.
The commander-in-chief posted on Twitter, “Science fair nightmare: This #climate change denier is the world’s most embarrassing dad” and included a link that was expected to go to his website. Instead, followers that clicked on the shortened URL were led to a propaganda video on YouTube called “Syria Facing Terrorism,” . Several other Tweets sent by the president on Monday also linked to the video.
It’s important to note that the president’s custom URL shortener was compromised, not his actual Twitter account, meaning only the links were hacked. An official from Obama’s campaign group Organizers for Action that the president’s Twitter was not compromised. “An account with our link shortener was hacked. [But] at no point did they have access to the Twitter handle.”
The Syrian Electronic Army, an anonymous group of hackers who support the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, took responsibility for the attack. : “Obama doesn’t have any ethical issues with spying on the world, so we took it upon ourselves to return the favor.”
In recent months, of the Associated Press, CNN, The Guardian and NPR.
Related: Think China is the No. 1 Country for Hacking? Think Again.
