The Twitter account of powerful Muslim Brotherhood deputy leader Khairat el-Shater was hacked last night. More than 11 hours later, tweets linking to the Twitter account of hacker @T4ct and the Facebook account of “Anonymous Middle East” remain on his account. One of the tweets includes the message “TacticiaN WAS hErE.”
https://twitter.com/khairatAlshater/status/276142108287590400
https://twitter.com/khairatAlshater/status/276144534155558912
https://twitter.com/khairatAlshater/status/276144460432281600
The Islamist leader’s Twitter avatar was changed to a photo of Gaber “Jika” Salah, the teen anti-Morsi protester who was killed during clashes with Egyptian police last month.
Well, @khairatAlshater's twitter account has just been hacked. Avatar's been changed to a photo of the martyr Gaber "Jika" Salah.
— Bassem Sabry باسم (@Bassem_Sabry) December 5, 2012
Photo: The hacking of @khairatAlshater's Twitter account today. He even put a phone no. out there. #Egypt #FJP pic.twitter.com/9iyaUOSD
— Your Middle East (@YourMiddleEast) December 5, 2012
If u open @khairatAlshater account now u will find a picture of a revolution martyr his account was hacked by a revolutionist #Egypt #Tahrir
— MM (@MinaShaq) December 5, 2012
In addition, el-Shater’s Twitter bio has reportedly been changed to include a pro-revolution message.
https://twitter.com/OSxt6/status/276184366072360960
@khairatAlshater official twitter account has been hacked! New Bio: "The revolution continues" !! #VivaLaRevolution #Morsi #Egypt #Ikhwan
— Ahmed Ezzat (@TheBlackBullian) December 5, 2012
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