Monday, 20 January 2014
Microsoft's Twitter account was hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army just after the attacks on Xbox Twitter and Instagram, right as our calendars turned over to 2014. The Syrian Electronic Army hacked the Microsoft News Twitter account and posted a tweet stating that the company sells the user data to the government.
"Don't use Microsoft emails(hotmail,outlook),They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the governments. #SEA @Official_SEA16," the message read.
This is the second time that Microsoft's
accounts were hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army. It had hacked
Microsoft's Xbox Twitter account, Skype's Twitter and Facebook accounts
on New Year Eve's. Microsoft, which owns Skype, had to issue a warning
to discourage people from using Microsoft emails following the New
Year's Day hack. After attacking Microsoft's Twitter News
account, The "Official Microsoft Blog," blog was also hacked and
displayed SEA messages, and redirected to the hacking group's website
for at least some users.
In response to the cyber attacks a
Microsoft spokesperson stated, "Microsoft is aware of targeted cyber
attacks that temporarily affected the Xbox Support and Microsoft News
Twitter accounts. The accounts were quickly reset and we can confirm
that no customer information was compromised."
