Hacked, and by an anti-Semite no less RT @bbcweather: Tsunami alert for Haifa: Residents are advised to return to Poland.
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) March 21, 2013
Twitter users noticed that something was off with tweets from BBC Weather on Thursday.
https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/314724301213425664
https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/314725293053075456
https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/314726829061701632
https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/314730186040045568
https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/314732091122282496
https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/314734279215173632
https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/314736832489345026
https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/314739369531547649
Other tweets on the hacked account indicate the pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army is responsible.
https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/314722885707116544
https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/314722957199044608
The SEA has not claimed responsibility on its Twitter account.
Update:
BBC social media editor Chris Hamilton confirms the BBC Weather account was hacked.
Yes, @bbcweather has been hacked. We’re working on it.
— Chris Hamilton (@chrishams) March 21, 2013
@paulwaugh @ruskin147 @bbcweather Yes, thanks, we know, working with Twitter to fix it
— Chris Hamilton (@chrishams) March 21, 2013
Update:
Twitter users joke that it’s a little hard to tell if this was a hacking or not.
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Hey @michellemalkin @twitchymedia @twitchyteam are we SURE the bbc was hacked? 🙂 http://t.co/yzHuYpKokI
— (((Aaron “Worthing” Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) March 21, 2013
http://twitter.com/lachlan/statuses/314738261551620096
Update:
BBC Arabic also appears to have been hacked.
https://twitter.com/BBCArabicOnline/status/314744959150473218
https://twitter.com/BBCArabicOnline/status/314745026150289408
https://twitter.com/alantshearer/status/314736195450073088
Update:
The Syrian Electronic Army retweeted this:
https://twitter.com/Anon_Central/status/314748395698913281
Update:
The BBC Weather account has been fixed.
Sorry about that, we were hacked. Normal service resumes.
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) March 21, 2013
Screen grab of the hacked tweets because Twitchy is forever:
Related:
Syrian Electronic Army hacks into Human Rights Watch’s Twitter account
Pro-Assad hackers hijack AFP Twitter account, spread propaganda photos
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets sent from the @BBCWeather account.
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