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US CENTCOM Twitter Hijack ‘Purely’ Vandalism

The Twitter account of US Central Command (US CENTCOM) was briefly hijacked Monday afternoon, by a group claiming to be aligned with the terrorist organization ISIS, and apparently disclosing confidential US military documents. Since then, the Twitter account was suspended, the “leaked” documents have proven to be publicly available information, and the perpetrators do not appear to represent ISIS. Security experts say social networks are still vulnerable, easy places for hackers to lift credentials. The solution for single-user accounts is to employ two-factor authentication.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/us-centcom-twitter-hijack-purely-vandalism

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