ISIL Hack of U.S. Military Was ‘Cybervandalism’

The hackers who breached and defaced the Twitter and YouTube pages of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) demonstrated immature behavior and a lack of preparation, according to experts.
ISIL Hack of U.S. Military Was ‘Cybervandalism’
Joshua Philipp
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The hackers who breached and defaced the Twitter and YouTube pages of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) demonstrated immature behavior and a lack of preparation, according to experts. In the end, the hackers depended on the American people being moved by a prank, amplified by our lightning fast media.

The breach was done by a group calling itself the Cyber Caliphate, and for around 30 minutes on Jan. 12, it gained control over the Twitter and YouTube pages of CENTCOM, the Department of Defense’s unified command for the area that includes the Middle East. The Cyber Caliphate replaced the background images on the Web pages with images supporting ISIS terrorists (also called the “Islamic State”) and posted messages and videos supporting their cause.

The perpetrators leveraged that component of the global media that chases new stories on a daily basis.
— Robert Bunker, U.S. Army War College
Joshua Philipp
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Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include "The Real Story of January 6" (2022), "The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America" (2022), and "Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus" (2020).
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