The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the US military command were suspended for a few hours after being hacked by a group claiming to back ISIL, the Takfiri group operating in Iraq and Syria.
.One message on Centcom's Twitter feed said: "American soldiers, we are coming, watch your back."
It was signed by ISIL. Some internal military documents also appeared on the Centcom Twitter feed, BBC reported.
Centcom said it was "cyber-vandalism" and not a serious data breach.
In a statement, it said there was no operational impact and no classified information was posted.
"We are viewing this purely as a case of cyber-vandalism," it said. Later on Monday, its Twitter feed became visible again, although not active.
Embarrassingly, the hack happened as President Barack Obama was giving a speech on cyber-security.
Reflecting on major breaches like a recent hack of Sony Pictures, Obama said in his speech the US had been reminded of "enormous vulnerabilities for us as a nation and for our economy".
His spokesman Josh Earnest said the US is looking into the Centcom hacking.
He said they were investigating the extent of the incident, and that there was a significant difference between a large data breach and the hacking of a Twitter account.
Source: Agencies
| 13-01-2015 - 08:43 Last updated 13-01-2015 - 08:43 |
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