A few days ago, the Electronic Army attacked the Microsoft News Twitter account, and it was revealed that hackers gained access to Twitter accounts from Xbox and Xbox support, along with the Xbox Instagram account, according to GameSpot.
The hacking group backed by Syrian President Bashar Assad posted their exploits on their Twitter account. The Syrian Electronic Army hackers posted on their Xbox account “Syrian Electronic Army Was Here” and “Game On!” The hackers also posted screenshots from their Xbox and Instagram accounts showing they had gained administrator access.
The Microsoft News account deleted the hacker's posts, and a company spokesperson CNET on Saturday that " Microsoft is aware of the attacks that were made against the Xbox Support and Microsoft News Twitter accounts. The accounts were immediately restored and it was confirmed that no customer information was compromised."
The attacks occurred on Saturday and appeared to have focused primarily on the Microsoft News Twitter account and the company's TechNet blog. The Syrian Electronic Army wrote on the Microsoft news account, "Do not use Microsoft emails like (Hotmail, outlook) because they sell users' personal data to governments" and "Syrian Electronic Army Was Here.".
Twitter appears to be the social media of choice for the Syrian Electronic Army, which has hacked major companies and news organizations. On New Year's Eve, they attacked the Twitter and Facebook accounts of Skype , and last year they hacked the Twitter accounts of The Onion, the messaging app Viber, the Associated Press, NPR, CBS, the Guardian, the BBC , and many others.
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