Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Microsoft Twitter Account

The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) struck again Saturday, hacking a Twitter account that belongs to Microsoft.

The Microsoft News (@MSFTnews) account posted the following tweet just after 2:30 p.m. ET, before it was quickly removed.

"We can only say that's just the beginning," SEA member "Syrian Eagle" told Mashable, in an emailed response from an address believed to belong to the group.

When asked why the SEA targeted Microsoft, Syrian Eagle provided the following response:

Microsoft is monitoring emails accounts and selling the data for the American intelligence and other governments.

And we will publish more details and documents that prove it.

Microsoft is not our enemy but what they are doing affected the SEA. Read more...