New York Post and SocialFlow Twitter & Facebook accounts Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

The Pro Syrian Hacking Group Syrian Electronic Army (SEA)  attacks on twitter accounts again, this time #SEA not only hacked twitter account but also the Facebook account of the New York Post.

SEA also hacked twitter account of SocialFlow and tweeted "Syrian Electronic Army was here".

Syrian Electronic Army(SEA) not only hacked these two accounts but they also hacked many Twitter accounts belonging to journalists, posted messages saying “The Syrian Electronic Army Was Here”

Mike Puma is the one Amongst the victims, who covers the NY Mets baseball team for the newspaper..

Twitter account(@JReidPost) belonging to the Washington Post sports columnist "Jason Reid" also got hacked and posted the same tweet "Syrian Electronic Army was here".

Both the New York Post and SocialFlow admitted that their accounts have been compromised. Although the newspaper has not seemingly officially acknowledged that the hack occurred, their social media partners admitted that one of their staff had their email account breached by hackers who had tricked them into handing over passwords in a phishing attack.

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BBC Twitter Accounts Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Syrian Electronic Army is back with new big twitter account hacks, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Official Twitter accounts including BBCArabic, BBC Weather and BBC Radio Ulster have been hacked by Syrian Electronic Army in support of Syrian president Bashar ul Assad.

Syrian Electronic Army have been continuously hacking twitter accounts of high profile companies. Anatomy of attack on twitter account is not clear. It looks like Syrian Electronic Army found zero day on twitter or might be using some known method in a different way.

Hacked BBC Twitter Accounts:

• BBC Arabic Twitter account: @BBCArabicOnline
• BBC Weather Twitter account: @bbcweather
• BBC Radio Ulster Twitter account: @bbcradioulster

Reason of Hacking BBC account hacks explained by the hackers on the twitter account.

 “reason for hacking BBC Network accounts on Twitter was in response to what BBC practiced of lies and fabrication of news  and in addition to the bias to the bloody opposition. The Syrian Electronic Army published the truth about Syria on the hacked accounts.”

The Accounts have been regained by the administration of BBC. Find more news on Twitter account hacking Here.

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Saudi Aramco Twitter Account hacked by Mister Rero

Saudi Aramco - A Saudi Arabian national oil and natural gas company's Twitter account @Saudi_Aramco  hacked by a hacker going with the handle of Mister Rero. 

The hacker did not only hacked the account but also changed the account’s official logo into a picture of the Heath Ledger’s portrayal of “The Joker” from the film “The Dark Knight” Batman movie along with series of Tweets to the Saudi Aramco’s 46,000+ followers.

One of the Tweet by hacker explains that Saudi Aramco’s Twitter account is hacked by Mister Rero.

Account has been compromised by Mister Rero for through a loophole of Alheczr discovery Joseph hacker to connect with Joseph.

The account which was under hackers for a while has now been regained.

Saudi Aramco is the same company which was under massive malware attack back in August 2012, affecting its more then 30,000 computers.

However, Saudi Aramco is not the only company whose Twitter account was compromised, the official Twitter account South African Ministry of State Security was hacked. Also, during these three weeks,  Jeep Twitter Account, Burger King’s Twitter and and many other companies twitter accounts were hacked! Get all news about Account Hacking here.

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Jeep Twitter account hacked after Burger Kings

The official Twitter account of Jeep, the world-renowned brand of American automobiles, has been hacked on tuesday after Burger Kings account hijacking.

Yesterday, Burger King fell victim to a similar attack. At the time, the hacker tried to trick everyone into thinking that Burger King was sold to McDonalds.

It looks like big brands are not paying much attention to their social network properties.

After taking over Jeep’s account, the hacker posted messages such as

 “You’ll never catch 50 Cent riding in dirty [expletive] Jeep!!!”

Shortly after recovering its account, Jeep posted the following tweet:

“Hacking: Definitely not a #Jeep thing. We’re back in the driver’s seat!”

Similar to McDonald’s, Cadillac representatives clarified that the company “is not connected to the hack of the @Jeep Twitter account.”

However, there’s more to it than that.

Gizmodo has done some detective work and has found that the individual behind both the Jeep and the Burger King hacks is likely a DJ from New England called iThug. The DJ, Tony Cunha, apparently bragged on Facebook about his “accomplishments.”

In the meantime, Tony Cunha has deleted his Facebook account, which shows that Gizmodo might be right.

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