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October 28, 2013 09:15 pm GMT

Did Syrian Hackers Just Hijack Obama's Twitter Account?

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The pro-Assad group Syrian Electronic Army claims it has hacked the Twitter and Facebook accounts of U.S. President Barack Obama

In an exclusive email to Mashable sent from an account believed to belong to the SEA on Monday, the group notified us of the hack, but would not provide details about how it accessed the accounts.

See also: Syrian Electronic Army: If U.S. Attacks 'We Will Target All of It'

"All the the links that Barack Obama account tweeted it and post it on Facebook was redirected to a video showing the truth about Syria," an SEA spokesperson wrote

The screenshots below show the altered link from Obama's verified Twitter and Facebook accounts. Read more...

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