Syrian Electronic Army Targets SocialFlow, Journalists

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By Fran Berkman2013-08-13 21:07:19 UTC

The Syrian Electronic Army took credit for hacking several Twitter accounts on Tuesday afternoon.

As seen in the screenshots below, it appears the SEA hacked three New York Post journalists' accounts — Mike Puma, Jason Reid and Richard Johnson.

See also: What Is the Syrian Electronic Army?

The group also took credit for hacking SocialFlow, a social media optimization tool.

SocialFlow's website was down Tuesday afternoon, and was not back up as of publishing time. However, the company has regained control of its Twitter account.

Tuesday's attacks are the most recent in a series hacking sprees from the SEA over the past several months. Others victims include The Onion , Thomson Reuters and British television network ITV.

Despite the hacking incident, NY Post's Mike Puma still had a sense of humor:

Image: Flickr, Oliver Bruchez

Topics: hackers, hacking, journalists, syrian electronic army, The New York Post, Twitter, U.S., US & World, World