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Kristin DeasyMarch 21, 2013 11:13
Pro-Assad hackers take over BBC Weather on Twitter (VIDEO)
Surprisingly, upon hacking into BBC Weather's Twitter account, Syria's pro-Assad Electronic Army did not limit their tweets to the weather changes in, say, Damascus.
Surprisingly, upon hacking into BBC Weather's Twitter account, Syria's pro-Assad Electronic Army did not limit their tweets to the weather changes in, say, Damascus.
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The 'Twitter' logo is seen on a tablet screen on Dec. 4, 2012 in Paris. (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Electronic Army (SEA) reportedly took over BBC Weather's Twitter handle on Thursday, resulting in a series of bizarre tweets.
Forget British weather; for several hours @BBCWeather focused on fake earthquakes in Qatar, camels barreling through Saudi Arabia and, of course, how great Assad is.
For example, "Long Live #Syria Al-Assad #SEA" appeared on the prestigious media organization's Twitter feed, according to Business Insider.
Here's one of the latest "weather" updates:
Scandal: Edinburgh storm warning station decommissioned after maintenance fund diverted to arming Syrian opposition
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) March 21, 2013
And here's the video from the SEA hacker addressed to the radical hacker collective Anonymous, courtesy of Business Insider:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/syria/130321/pro-assad-hackers-take-over-bbc-weather-twitter-video
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