Uh oh. Earlier today, some questionable tweets appeared on the photo feed of French news agency Agence France-Presse.
AFP was unable to immediately gain access to the @AFPphoto account to derail the apparent hacking, but the agency’s main @AFP account is still active.
The account was suspended, but not before these pro-Syrian regime, anti-Obama propaganda photos were tweeted.
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/306444297442570240
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/306445229228175360
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/306445530236588032
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/306448178784391168
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/306452771316584449
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/306453652787302401
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/306454445229740032
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/306455876649222144
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/306457926644666368
Starting at 16:45 GMT, the Twitter account of AFP’s photo service @AFPphoto was hacked. The documents posted after that on the account did not originate from the agency.
An account possibly linked to the Syrian Electronic Army, said to be close to the Syrian regime, claimed credit for hacking the AFP account.
https://twitter.com/Official_SEA/status/306479742037659648
