SEA attacks official Microsoft News Twitter page and Technet Blogs after recent Skype attack

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Published onJanuary 11, 2014

published onJanuary 11, 2014

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The Syrian Electronic Army is at it again, targeting Microsoft’s social media accounts as a way of spreading information about NSA spying. This isn’t the first time the SEA has hacked one of Microsoft’s social networking accounts, recently Skype’s blog and twitter page were affected. Today, the official Microsoft News Twitter page was affected.

So far, they’ve used the Twitter account to warn users of using Outlook, and have also said that IE’s top two links users visit are download pages for Google Chrome and Firefox. Whether or not this information is true is irrelevant, as it is something Microsoft wouldn’t be touting on its official Microsoft News Twitter account.

It was revealed in 2013 that the NSA had the ability to listen in on Skype calls, among a number of other things. The SEA are simply spreading awareness of such ability, but as Microsoft are denying involvement, things have gotten a little fishy.

Update: It appears the tweets have quickly been taken down. “Microsoft is aware of targeted cyberattacks 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,” a Microsoft spokespersonstated.

Update 2: Looks like Microsoft’s TechNet blog was also a victim:

Microsoft Technet Blog Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army#Microsoft#Technet#SEApic.twitter.com/rnFYGHD7mk

— Maarten Boone (RCX) (@staatsgeheim)January 12, 2014

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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