Hacktivists take on ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ scare tactics style

Hijacking Twitter accounts seems to be one of the weapons of choice for hacktivists. The Syrian Electronic Army has been active since at least 2011. The group took credit for hacking four CBS Twitter accounts, @FifaWorldCup, NPR, the BBC, and the Human Rights Watch earlier this year. The FBI is investigating the AP Twitter account hack, Bloomberg reports. Twitter is finally going to implement two-factor authentication, Slate’s Moneybox suggested a person could “get rich hacking Twitter””]

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