Newsweek Twitter taken over by IS affiliate

The Newsweek Twitter feed was briefly hacked this morning, purportedly by a group associated with the Islamic State group.

Newsweek Twitter taken over by IS affiliate
Tue, 10 Feb, 2015 - 17:08

The Newsweek Twitter feed was briefly hacked this morning, purportedly by a group associated with the Islamic State group.

Several posts to the Twitter feed referenced Cyber Caliphate, a hacker group affiliated with IS, which claimed responsibility for the hacking.

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