U.S. Central Command account hacked, multiple pro-ISIS messages posted

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...command-hacked-filled-with-pro-isis-messages/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...command-hacked-filled-with-pro-isis-messages/Twitter account for US Central Command hacked, filled with pro-ISIS messages

The Twitter account and YouTube page for U.S. Central Command were hacked on Monday and for several minutes carried incendiary messages promoting the Islamic State -- including one that said, "AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WE ARE COMING, WATCH YOUR BACK. ISIS."

The cyber-attack sent U.S. military officials scrambling to respond, and they quickly suspended both accounts. Officials said they're still investigating the hack, but claimed it appears no classified information was released.
I don't know what is more disturbing, that ISIS or a sympathizer hacked a U.S. Command Twitter account, or that they need to investigate whether classified information was released.


Classified information? On Twitter? Really?!?!??! Great googly-moogly!
 


Classified information? On Twitter? Really?!?!??! Great googly-moogly!

I'm pretty sure that they don't put out classified info on Twitter (I would hope). I'm thinking their concern is if their Twitter account was hacked, what else was accessed.
 
I'm pretty sure that they don't put out classified info on Twitter (I would hope). I'm thinking their concern is if their Twitter account was hacked, what else was accessed.
Perhaps I should have included the next paragraph in the FoxNews.com article:

"We're still looking into this," Central Command spokesman Col. Patrick S. Ryder said. "Our initial assessment is that no classified information was posted."

For whatever reason, they thought they better check. That's the scary part, that they don't appear to have been certain, without checking, that there hadn't been any classified info "tweeted." :confused:
 
Perhaps I should have included the next paragraph in the FoxNews.com article:
For whatever reason, they thought they better check. That's the scary part, that they don't appear to have been certain, without checking, that there hadn't been any classified info "tweeted." :confused:

I didn't notice that the headline was a link to the full article, thus I didn't read the full article (my bad).

It is bad to think that some idiot "might" post sensitive information via a public website even if only certain persons could view it.
 
One of the huge advantages to having a military turn into a bloated bureaucracy is that the enemy will have to sift through multiple files of useless paper work to find something of substance, but to confirm if it is something of substance, they need to contact five other departments that will refer them to other departments.
 
No classified information was released, and everything posted was public knowledge. Move along.
 


Classified information? On Twitter? Really?!?!??! Great googly-moogly!

The most important classified military documents are usually stored on hard servers disconnected from the mainframes -- they can't be hacked other than in the building.
 
The most important classified military documents are usually stored on hard servers disconnected from the mainframes -- they can't be hacked other than in the building.
I didn't imply that was the case. What amazes me is that, before saying, "No classified information was touched," they had to check!
 
I'm pretty sure that they don't put out classified info on Twitter (I would hope). I'm thinking their concern is if their Twitter account was hacked, what else was accessed.

I think you misunderstood greatly. The concern was that the hackers were going to post classified information to Twitter. That is what they are glad did not happen. If I, myself, am understanding this correctly.