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US CENTCOM Twitter Hack: ISIS or NSA?


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Who done it?
At the same time President Obama delivered a speech on cyber security and consumer cyber protection, the Twitter and YouTube accounts of US Central Command were compromised.
The media reported that the culprit was ISIS or ISIS sympathizers.  For about 40 minutes, the US CENTCOM social media pages were littered with ISIS propaganda that included threats to soldiers and their families.
Following the Sony data hack, certain legislators have pushed to renew CISPA, or similar "cyber security" legislation.
Is the timing of this most recent incident purely coincidental?
Source articles:
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/01/12/hackers-pledging-allegiance-to-isis-take-over-centcoms-twitter-account/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/01/12/centcom-twitter-account-apparently-hacked-by-islamic-state-sympathizers/
http://www.infowars.com/isis-hack-of-pentagon-twitter-accounts-traced-back-to-maryland/
http://lincaustin.com/2014/12/30/sony-hack-revives-push-for-cispa-draconian-data-powers/
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