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These Reporters' Twitter Accounts Have Been Hacked By The Syrian Electronic Army

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These Reporters' Twitter Accounts Have Been Hacked By The Syrian Electronic Army

Sara Morrison Twitter

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Sara Morrison on Twitter

The Syrian Electronic Army — a group of hackers that may or may not be allied with the Assad regime in civil war-torn Syria — has struck again.

The hacks happened despite Twitter beefing up passwords security after several accounts, including the White House, were hacked several months ago.

This time, a group of reporters appear to be the victims. here's who was hit.

Jason Reid, Washington Post sports columnist:

SEA Jason reid

Twitter


Sara Morrison, media reporter at The Wrap:

SEA Sara Morrison

Twitter


Mets beat reporter Mike Puma of the New York Post:

SEA Mike Puma

Twitter


The social media management and analytic firm SocialFlow was also allegedly hacked, and the SEA showed this screengrab of the inside of one of its dashboards:

SEA Socialflow

Twitter / SEA


The New York Post's main account is up and running , and seems to be unaffected.

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