On May 4th, a series of odd tweets went out to the 5 million or so followers of the E! News Twitter account. "Exclusive! Justin Bieber to E!online: I’m a gay," read the first one. Then came a tweet about Angelina Jolie commenting on the Syrian revolution, another tweet about Bieber’s homosexuality, then a triumphant admission: "The Syrian Electronic Army was here! Fans of @justinbieber, you have been trolled."
One of the top 10 most skilled hacking teams in the world
That’s a ratio of two gay jokes to one political statement, if anyone’s counting. The Syrian Electronic Army purports to be a collective of political hacktivists defending the Assad regime that has controlled the country for more than 40 years against a...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/24/4363140/syrian-electronic-army-hackers
No comments:
Post a Comment