US Centcom Twitter account hacked by pro-IS group (BBC News)

[Yrys]

US Centcom Twitter account hacked by pro-IS group


US Central Command's Twitter and YouTube accounts have been hacked
by a group claiming to back Islamic State. One message said: "American
soldiers, we are coming, watch your back."

It was signed by Isis, another name for the Islamic State. Some internal
military documents also appeared on the Centcom Twitter feed.

Centcom said it was taking "appropriate measures". The Twitter account,
which usually provide updates on strikes against IS, was later taken down.

The hack happened as President Barack Obama was giving a speech on
cybersecurity.

Reflecting on major breaches like a recent hack of Sony Pictures, Mr Obama
said in his speech the US had been reminded of "enormous vulnerabilities for
us as a nation and for our economy".

His spokesman Josh Earnest said the US is looking into the Centcom hacking.

He said they were investigating the extent of the incident, and that there was
a significant difference between a large data breach and the hacking of a Twitter
account.

(Article followed by an analysis from Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence correspondent)

 

[Robert0288]

No one 'hacked' CETCOM.  They 'Hacked' the twitter account.  Maybe Twitter should get some better account security, or CENTCOM's PR group shouldn't have set their password as 'ABC123'

 

[Halifax Tar]

No one 'hacked' CETCOM.  They 'Hacked' the twitter account.  Maybe Twitter should get some better account security, or CENTCOM's PR group shouldn't have set their password as 'ABC123'

Or how about WTF does CETCOM need a twitter account in the first place.  And why are they tweeting about strikes ?  After the fact or not the infestation of "social media" into our security and war machines is a bug that needs a can of raid.

 

[Yrys]

No one 'hacked' CETCOM.  They 'Hacked' the twitter account.  Maybe Twitter should get some better account security, or CENTCOM's PR group shouldn't have set their password as 'ABC123'

The title said : ''US Centcom Twitter account hacked'', it didn't said CETCOM hacked!

How do you know their password  ?

Social media uses seems to be a security concern...

 

[jollyjacktar]

I want to know where the hell is "Anonymous" with their threats against ISIS???  They said they were going to war against these turds, so as Marvin the Martian of Buggs Bunny fame lamented "Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!".

 

[Robert0288]

The title said : ''US Centcom Twitter account hacked'', it didn't said CETCOM hacked!

How do you know their password  ?

Social media uses seems to be a security concern...

His spokesman Josh Earnest said the US is looking into the Centcom hacking.

My caffeinated mind saw and grabbed onto this.  Also their password probably has a '!' at the end to make it ultra secure.