The social media accounts of the US military's
Central Command in Florida was hacked by ISIS who posted threatening messages
against troops, their families and the home addresses of 4-star US generals.The cyber attack began at around
12.30pm on Monday when a message was posted to CentCom's Twitter account reading,
'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,
the CyberCaliphate continues its CyberJihad.'
The hackers also changed the photograph used on
the the Twitter cover page to a masked jihadi with an underline that said 'i
love you isis.'
The security breach, occurred while President Obama was giving a speech on cyber security..
One of the posts on the Twitter feed read '
The security breach, occurred while President Obama was giving a speech on cyber security..
One of the posts on the Twitter feed read '
American soldiers, we are coming, watch your back'
while another warned, 'We won't stop! We know everything about you, your wives
and children.'
US officials confirmed that
the U.S. Central Command Twitter account and its YouTube account were suspended 40 minutes after being
compromised at around 1.09pm.
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