CNN Twitter Account Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Antonia Velikova,

Correspondent (North America)

The notorious pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hacked CNN’s twitter account on Thursday night. They have posted numerous anti-CIA and anti-al Quaeda tweets.

The army started off with a tweet saying “Syrian Electronic Army was here … stop lying … all your reports are fake!”. A few more followed and were swiftly deleted by the CNN. After that the hackers took aim at the CIA and al-Quaeda.

Some of our organization’s social media accounts were compromised. We have secured those accounts and are working to remedy the issue.

— CNN Public Relations

The CNN tweeted their response soon enough: “Some of our organization’s social media accounts were compromised. We have secured those accounts and are working to remedy the issue”

Some of the SEA’s previous victims include the BBC, AP, and NPR.

This is a breaking news story, please check back for updates.

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Antonia Velikova

Antonia Velikova is an undergraduate Media, Communication and Cultural Studies student in Newcastle University. Currently lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, originally born in Bulgaria. She is a contributor to the News (Europe) section of The Global Panorama and tweets . Her interests are mainly newsgathering and news reporting, although she dabbles in writing reviews and comment columns for her university's newspaper.

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