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One Of Microsoft's Twitter Accounts Appears To Have Been Hacked By The Syrian Electronic Army

One Of Microsoft's Twitter Accounts Appears To Have Been Hacked By The Syrian Electronic Army
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It appears that the Microsoft News Twitter account, which the company uses to distribute company updates and press releases, has been taken over by notorious hacking group the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).

First, the account retweeted SEA's own Twitter account:

microsoft twitter account hacked by syrian electronic army

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Then came a series of other tweets:

microsoft twitter account hacked by syrian electronic army

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microsoft twitter account hacked by syrian electronic army

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microsoft twitter account hacked by syrian electronic army

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We've reached out to Microsoft for comment and will update this story if we hear back.

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