Syrian Electronic Army, aligned with President Bashar al-Assad, hacked CNN’s Twitter, Facebook account and website. Group claimed responsibility for hacking another big media outlet “CNN”, compromised their website and Twitter profile with 11.6 million followers. They also hacked into CNN’s “Security Clearance” blog, and posted a new fake article, titled “US declares a state of national emergency, State Department reportedly out of reach” Within 5 minutes, CNN took control back and deleted all the fake contents.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2014/01/cnns-twitter-facebook-and-website.html