Beeb sees twitter accounts hacked

On the day of Twitter's 7th birthday, supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have hacked three popular BBC Twitter accounts and posted some bizarre messages.

Beeb sees twitter accounts hacked

On the day of Twitter's 7th birthday, supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have hacked three popular BBC Twitter accounts and posted some bizarre messages.

@BBCarabicOnline, @bbcradioulster and the popular @BBCWeather were all targeted by a group calling themselves the ‘Syrian Electronic Army’.

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