Posted on 01/12/2015 11:12:35 AM PST by MeshugeMikey
(Reuters) - The Twitter feed for the U.S. military command that oversees operations in the Middle East was hacked on Monday by people claiming sympathy to the Islamic State militant group being targeted in American bombing raids.
U.S. officials said that the U.S. Central Command Twitter account and its YouTube account were suspended after being compromised. Two U.S. defense officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the hacking was an embarrassment but did not appear to be a security threat.
The White House said it was monitoring the extent of the hacking incident.
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Under even Carter, this would not have been released.
Source of hack information? White H0use.
Disgraceful..and Dangerous ..as they will do anything to propagandize for Tyranny!!
What legitimate purpose does the US military have being on twitter? Some people have too much time on their hands.
I;m of the opinion that the twitter presence...may have been a ploy from the get go. They may have been Encouraged...by certain individuals to open a twitter account so that it could.. at the proper time ..be hacked.
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