Yeesh. Looks like the Syrian Electronic Army has set its sights on CNN:
Looks like @CNN was hacked @TwitchyTeam pic.twitter.com/E2EiJaggLg
— Ben Smith (@BenSmithDC) January 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/ejc/status/426488090828369920
Oh dear. @cnn's been owned. pic.twitter.com/LbGaIsd30e
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) January 23, 2014
Damage control appears to be somewhat successful:
Interesting watching the @CNN hack occur live. Some of the hacked tweets have been deleted but they're still getting hacked tweets out
— Christie Hyde DeNave (@ChristieSays) January 23, 2014
Yep. Here are some more tweets we were able to capture before they were deleted:
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/426489157939376128
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/426489295843917824
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/426489375690866688
Geez.
https://twitter.com/Tmgneff/status/426490343786151936
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Update:
CNN confirms some of their social media account were compromised "via third -party social publishing platform"
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) January 23, 2014
Some of our organization's social media accounts were compromised. We have secured those accounts and are working to remedy the issue.
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) January 23, 2014
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