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US Central Command's Twitter Account Hacked, Filled With Pro-ISIS Messages
schwit1 writes with news that U.S. Central Command lost control of its Twitter account today, apparently to people sympathetic to the Islamic State militant group. CENTCOM's YouTube account was also compromised, and two videos related to ISIS were posted.
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. ... "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, the CyberCaliphate continues its CyberJihad," the Centcom Twitter feed said after being hacked. The Twitter feed had several messages from hackers, including one telling American soldiers to "watch your back," and the YouTube account had two videos that appeared to be linked to Islamic State. The Twitter account published a list of generals and addresses associated with them, titled "Army General Officer Public Roster (by rank) 2 January 2014."
U.S. Central Command had a weak twitter password and looks like idiots today.
This time, try 1-2-3-4-6! That's the new password on my luggage!
Koans and fables for the software engineer
...just remember this XKCD: http://xkcd.com/932/
Has Twitter not realized that they could, perhaps, develop at least one non-ridiculous alleged source of revenue by charging cost-insensitive, but potentially touchy, users substantial additional fees for more secure access?
Have they done so; but CENTCOM can't afford an auth fob because of cost overruns incurred by the F-35?
Somebody here is an idiot; but who?
"Hey Jamal, what are you doing?"
"Well, Achmed, you remember how the American pigs blew up my family when I was hiding behind them and using them as a shield, and how they continually try to bring modern culture and women's rights and so on to our country?"
"......Yes...."
"I finally have my revenge! Look! Look what I have done for Allah!"
"That....that's nice, Jamal. It...you....ummm....I'm sure the Americans are weeping in shame and fear right now. If...if you'll excuse me, I need to go someplace....else...."
Seeing as how 15 year old school girls make a point to hack their boyfriends twitter feeds on a regular basis, I'd hardly say that the efforts of the cyber caliphate qualifies as "leet". And as for the threats of watching their backs, US military personnel have been involved in deployments overseas non-stop since 2001 and even before that. I think they know that already. Think I'd have to agree. It's embarrassing (kinda like getting caught with your zipper down) but ultimately, an annoyance and nothing more.
Select from tblFriends where interesting >= 4;
Oldie, but goodie:
Muslim suicide bombers in Britain are set to begin a three-day strike on Monday in a dispute over the number of virgins they are entitled to in the afterlife. Emergency talks with Al Qaeda have so far failed to produce an agreement.
The unrest began last Tuesday when Al Qaeda announced that the number of virgins a suicide bomber would receive after his death would be cut by 25% this February from 72 to 54. A spokesman said increases in recent years in the number of suicide bombings has resulted in a shortage of virgins in the afterlife.
The suicide bombers' union, the British Organization of Occupational Martyrs (or B.O.O.M.) responded with a statement saying the move was unacceptable to its members and called for a strike vote. General Secretary Abdullah Amir told the press, "Our members are literally working themselves to death in the cause of Jihad. We don't ask for much in return but to be treated like this is like a kick in the teeth" Speaking from his shed in Tipton in the West Midlands, Al Qaeda chief executive Haisheet Mapants explained, "I sympathize with our workers concerns but Al Qaeda is simply not in a position to meet their demands.
They are simply not accepting the realities of modern-day Jihad in a competitive marketplace. Thanks to Western depravity, there is now a chronic shortage of virgins in the afterlife. It's a straight choice between reducing expenditures or laying people off. I don't like cutting benefits but I'd hate to have to tell 3,000 of my staff that they won't be able to blow themselves up.
Spokespersons for the union in the North East of England, Ireland, Wales and the entire Australian continent stated that the change would not hurt their membership as there are so few virgins in their areas anyway.
According to some industry sources, the recent drop in the number of suicide bombings has been attributed to the emergence of Scottish singing star, Susan Boyle. Many Muslim Jihadists now know what a virgin looks like and have reconsidered their benefit packages.
Prove anything by multiplying Huge Number times Tiny Number
The PFC appointed as Social Media Officer probably chose a weak password. Seriously, whenever I see a news article about a social media account being "hacked," I really wish journalists would understand these are just password-protected web services!
Celebrities' naked pictures and Twitter feeds get hacked because they have simple passwords, not because some genius hacker spends months looking for an exploit on their personal phone and the opportunity to introduce it. And even "security question" based password resets don't work when a celebrity will choose answers that anyone can find in 100 gossip rags.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
The medical term is radiation treatment. Add a little chemo, and we should be able to wrap this up
It's always good when terrorist groups act like 13-year old haxxor boys.
I hope their god is proud of them.
Yeah, joke's on them. Those script kiddies are the 72 virgins!
It's still the shitty applications that don't enforce standard complexity requirements that play a role as well.
need a Twitter feed and a YouTube channel?
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
Why do they have a twitter account?
An enemy of the U.S.A. has been detected in your building. Ordnance has been dispatched, You have 30s to evacuate your family. Thank you