BBC Weather's Twitter Hijacked By Pro-Assad Hackers

The BBC's official weather account — @BBCWeather — has been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a cyber clan that spreads propaganda in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

At about 9:00 EST the handle tweeted "Long Live #Syria Al-Assad #SEA" and has since been publishing absurd mash-ups involving various Middle East countries and the weather.

Here are a few examples:

Forecast for Tel Aviv on Saturday - 5000 degrees Kelvin with northern fog and eastern high pressure front

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) March 21, 2013

Chaotic weather forecast for Lebanon as the government decides to distance itself from the Milky Way

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) March 21, 2013

Saudi weather station down due to head on-collision with camel

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) March 21, 2013

Hazardous fog warning for North Syria: Erdogan orders terrorists to launch chemical weapons at civilian areas

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) March 21, 2013

Last month the SEA hacked @AFPPhoto and tweeted a number of pro-Assad/anti-Obama tweets and images.

@BBCWeather is usually run by presenters and producers and has more than 57,200 followers and counting.

From BBC social media editor Chris Hamilton:

Yes, @bbcweather has been hacked. We’re working on it.

— Chris Hamilton (@chrishams) March 21, 2013

To get an idea of what the SEA is all about, here's a video they addressed to the amorphous hacker collective Anonymous:

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