Syrian Electronic Army Hijacks Link On Obama’s Twitter Account

This is a bit embarrassing.

According to The Verge, the Syrian Electronic Army took a Tweet from U.S. President Barack Obama and changed a link in the Tweet so that it went to their propaganda:

Instead, someone had used Obama’s URL shortener to hijack the link, directing it to the video and site. Huffington Post correspondent Sam Stein quickly got a response from Obama campaign group Organizers for Action: “An account with our link shortener was hacked. [But] at no point did they have access to the Twitter handle.” Twitter has also confirmed to us that there’s no evidence the Twitter account was hacked. The tweet was up for 19 hours before the redirect was noticed, making it possible that the change happened only recently. Not long after, the link was fixed; it now sends readers to Barack Obama’s site.

Still, it allows the Syrian Electronic Army to claim victory, It’s amusing, not really dangerous, but very embarrassing to Obama and company. Maybe he needs to review how secure his social media accounts are because it’s a safe bet that the Syrian Electronic Army will try this again.

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