The Syrian Electronic Army targets the public faces of Skype, hacking messages to its blog and to its Twitter and Facebook accounts. January 1, 2014 2:19 PM PST A Skype window in Outlook.com. Who else might be listening in as you video chat? (Credit: Microsoft/Screenshot by CNET) The publicity-minded Syrian Electronic Army on Wednesday targeted the public faces of Microsoft-owned Skype, posting antisurveillance messages to the video-chat service's blog and to its Twitter and Facebook accounts. On Skype's Twitter account, for instance, this message appeared: "Stop spying on people! via Syrian Electronic Army." That tweet, noted quickly by The Next Web, was removed within an hour, but a record of it lingered a bit longer on Skype's Web site. (We've posted a screenshot below.) The Skype blog carried a similar headline: "Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army.. Stop Spying!" Over at Facebook, meanwhile, the Skype account featured a broader message about Microsoft's online services: "Don't use Microsoft emails (hotmail,outlook), They are monitoring your accounts and selling it to the governments. More details soon. #SEA." That post, too, was quickly deleted, but not before TNW got a screenshot. CNET has contacted Microsoft for comment and will update this post when we get a response. The Syrian Electronic Army has a message it wants to get across to Skype users -- and to Microsoft. (Credit: Screenshot by CNET) (Via The Next Web)
The Syrian Electronic Army targets the public faces of Skype, hacking messages to its blog and to its Twitter and Facebook accounts.
A Skype window in Outlook.com. Who else might be listening in as you video chat?
(Credit: Microsoft/Screenshot by CNET)
The publicity-minded Syrian Electronic Army on Wednesday targeted the public faces of Microsoft-owned Skype, posting antisurveillance messages to the video-chat service's blog and to its Twitter and Facebook accounts.
On Skype's Twitter account, for instance, this message appeared: "Stop spying on people! via Syrian Electronic Army." That tweet, noted quickly by The Next Web, was removed within an hour, but a record of it lingered a bit longer on Skype's Web site. (We've posted a screenshot below.)
The Skype blog carried a similar headline: "Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army.. Stop Spying!"
Over at Facebook, meanwhile, the Skype account featured a broader message about Microsoft's online services: "Don't use Microsoft emails (hotmail,outlook), They are monitoring your accounts and selling it to the governments. More details soon. #SEA." That post, too, was quickly deleted, but not before TNW got a screenshot.
CNET has contacted Microsoft for comment and will update this post when we get a response.
The Syrian Electronic Army has a message it wants to get across to Skype users -- and to Microsoft.
(Credit: Screenshot by CNET)
(Via The Next Web)
