U.S. Central Command’s Twitter Hacked By ISIS, How The Fuck Could This Happen?
This morning, shortly after 12:30 EST, @CENTCOM — the United States’ Central Command’s Twitter handle — went rogue and started spewing out jihadist-affiliated messages, along with what appeared to be privileged information pertaining to U.S. military officials and the nuclear programs of countries far from our allies. Most notably, CENTCOM’s theater of operation includes the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, with a strong involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq.
It was immediately apparent that the cyber attack was affiliated with ISIS, but the level of involvement is obviously still unknown.
Following the initial tweeted statement, the account’s avatar was changed to an image of a purported ISIS jihadist, paired with the word “CyberCaliphate” and the statement “i love you isis.” For the next 30 minutes until the account was suspended and rendered inaccessible, it proceeded to tweet out multiple repositories of contact information for high level military officials and pictures depicting nuclear programs and response scenarios for both China and North Korea.
Despite having the information and associated pictures privy, having screenshot them briefly before the account was suspended, we can only share these tidbits with you in the interest of national security.
While hacking a Twitter account might be a pretty easy feat for a hacker with little skill, it’s scary that the information disseminated via CENTCOM’s hacked account appears to have come from within the government’s servers. The nuclear information which was shared purports that Pentagon networks were the target.
As we all became aware of after the hacks into Sony Pictures, cybercrime is the leading choice for the radicalized 21st century criminal, and the stuff is no laughing matter.
Fuck (cyber)terrorism, and let’s get John McClane on the horn ASAP to teach these jihading morons a much overdue lesson..
[via Twitter]
Image via Shuttterstock
Fuck ISIS. I hate ISIS more than Liberals.
11 years ago at 2:20 pmThe libs are right up there with ISIS in my opinion. After all, liberal foreign policy and multiculturalism empowers Islamonazis like ISIS. So fuck them both with a 30 inch goat dick.
11 years ago at 2:41 pmLiberals are still (barely) like America and are still (hardly) Americans. I agree though that Liberals are the reason ISIS is making noise these days and the reason why we haven’t destroyed them yet.
11 years ago at 2:47 pmFuck ISIS. Too bad he didn’t blow his head off.
11 years ago at 3:46 pmLmao
11 years ago at 9:19 pmI would sure as hell hope so, son.
11 years ago at 3:02 pmI am not blaming you Ashley, but it looks like we may have been duped by an inside job hoax….again.
http://www.infowars.com/isis-hack-of-pentagon-twitter-accounts-traced-back-to-maryland/
According to this article, the National Security Agency may be responsible for the hack and the posting of information and it was done to coincide with Barry Obama’s upcoming announcement on cyber security and his attempt to take away some of our internet 1st Amendment rights.
11 years ago at 6:12 pmWhen you stop to think about it, the addresses for the Generals is not compromising. First, the addresses are over three years old. Second, it is their military Post and Base address. Generals live on Post or Base. The largest house on Post is the General’s and the houses on Generals Row is where the other lower ranking Generals live. This was not different than posting that the President lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave or that the Vice President lives at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
I hope you’re wrong, however FUCK CISPA
11 years ago at 9:07 pmyou’re a retard
11 years ago at 11:39 pmThese goat fuckers need to die
11 years ago at 2:21 pmLet’s respond by fucking them up in the real world
11 years ago at 2:21 pmCan we kill them all yet or is Obama still up his own ass
11 years ago at 2:22 pmLook up “The Lions of Rojava.” A bunch off Americans are saying “fuck this” and meeting up with Kurds and fighting ISIS with them instead.
11 years ago at 5:03 pmYeah, I heard. No offense to them, but they’re kind of irrelevant in this situation. The Kurds are farmers and armed with very few advanced weapons. Isis has stolen US military grade weapons from the Iraqi army. Good for the Kurds and the Americans going over there, more power to them, but an actual army is going to have to get involved to stop these fuckers. Not a few U.S. civilians and the Kurds.
11 years ago at 5:39 pmwhen will people learn not to fuck with America. we don’t lose
11 years ago at 2:22 pmHaving personal information about our military members is scary. But to mention wives and kids…that’s going too far. That shit makes my blood boil. You hate me? Fine. You hate what I stand for? Fine. You want to kick my ass? Fine. You want to come after my children? I’m going to hunt you down and when I find you, I will torture you until you die. Fucking assholes.
11 years ago at 2:23 pmI’m happy I didn’t have to say that directly in the article in lieu of reporting the facts, because I knew somebody here would take care of it promptly. I appreciate it, USArmy.
11 years ago at 2:46 pmI wrote that without thinking. I saw red and my fingers got away from me. Afterwards I was hoping you didn’t take it personally because I didn’t meant it to be directed towards you. Good article, Ashley Schaeffer. You’re a good man.
11 years ago at 5:44 pmAs Dakota Mayer said, ISIS targeting the U.S. Military is like sheep targeting a lion.
I may take laps for this,
But I say bring it on.
11 years ago at 9:37 pmCan we just pull the plug on their internet like we did to the Koreans?
11 years ago at 3:04 pmWhen we go over to the holes they live in I will gladly volunteer for that deployment. It takes a real coward to threaten children.
11 years ago at 8:23 pmThe content posted was all declassified material from before 2010, not exactly timely nor all that valuable stuff.
11 years ago at 2:23 pmHow do they get electricity in their caves?
11 years ago at 2:23 pmUntil they can deal out any damage to this country in the real world, let them play online all they want to.
11 years ago at 2:24 pmUntil they deal out any real damage? They wrecked 4 planes across our country 14 years ago. I understand that wasn’t “Isis” but anyone who considers themselves a terrorist and relates with those mother fuckers responsible for 9/11 deserves everything they get.
I don’t give a fuck if they’re hijacking planes, Twitter, or anything else. If you’re a terrorist, then you chose the wrong career path. I say we fucking wreck them all. ZERO mercy. Fucking pieces of garbage.
11 years ago at 2:50 pmObama needs to do something about Isis and stop worrying about upsetting certain people these sand monkeys threaten the men who fight for our country and our families and should be dealt with
11 years ago at 2:26 pm