The Twitter account and YouTube page for U.S. Central Command have been
reportedly hacked on Monday, January 12, 2015 and have since been carrying incendiary messages that the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria. One of the message stated, "AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WE ARE
COMING,WATCH YOUR BACK. ISIS."
This cyber-attack has reportedly compelled the U.S. military to quickly
suspend both accounts.
The military officials while speaking with Fox news stated that the
attack is under investigation, but as it stands, no classified information was
assessed by the Islamist group.
According to Central Command spokesman Col. Patrick S. Ryder, the military
will get to the root of the matter and retrieve the account
"We're still looking into this; our initial assessment is that no
classified information was posted." He stated
Still, the tweets contained what appeared to be military plans and
contact information for military officials -- one posting even showed what
appeared to be an image from a computer web cam in a military facility.
The Islamist movement also wrote on the pentagon’s twitter handle,
"ISIS is already here, we are in your PCs, in each military
base."
White House Press Secretary, Josh Earnest while speaking with news men said
it's "something we take very seriously." as also he stressed that there
is a difference between a "large data breach" and the "hacking
of a Twitter handle."
The Twitter account, while it was compromised, carried an image
identifying the page as "CyberCaliphate," with a message that said,
"I love you ISIS."
The page began posting screen shots of information about military
commanders, including phone numbers and email addresses. It also posted
what purported to be "Korean scenarios" and "China
scenarios," with maps.
Shortly after the Twitter and YouTube account was hacked into, the
account was immediately suspended with a message on the YouTube page which stated
that the account has been terminated due to “repeated or severe violations of
our Community Guidelines."
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