Appears @reuters has been hacked, shown to demonise Free Syrian Army RT @thomsonreuters #Syria http://t.co/BEDdJlsCuj
— Amie Ferris-Rotman (@Amie_FR) July 29, 2013
Is this the work of the Syrian Electronic Army? The group has previously claimed to have hacked into the Twitter feeds of “60 Minutes,” Human Rights Watch, and the Associated Press, which it used to falsely report multiple explosions in the White House. Today @ThomsonReuters is the target, with the feed tweeting several political cartoons.
https://twitter.com/thomsonreuters/status/361977733082927104
https://twitter.com/finansakrobat/status/361978477588660225
The feed has been compromised for about a half-hour, with six cartoons posted so far.
Seems @thomsonreuters hack by Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), hackers loyal to #Syria president Bashar al-Assad.
— Serena A. Chaudhry (@SerenaChaudhry) July 29, 2013
And another hacked picture of @thomsonreuters account http://t.co/xPqJkYFhGD #Syria
— Amie Ferris-Rotman (@Amie_FR) July 29, 2013
https://twitter.com/DavidKenner/status/361985486564229122
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Update:
Not surprisingly, the Syrian Electronic Army has claimed credit for the hacking, posting its logo to the feed.
The Syrian Electronic Army has now posted it's logo on @thomsonreuters after tweeting several cartoons from the account on the #Syria crisis
— Serena A. Chaudhry (@SerenaChaudhry) July 29, 2013
https://twitter.com/thomsonreuters/status/361986527435292673
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