The Syrian Electronic Army, notorious for hacking into media outlet’s Twitter accounts, appears to have hacked Thompson Reuters Twitter account.
The army has previously hacked into the Associated Press account, BBC Weather, and the Financial Times, among others.
Six pictures showing pro-Bashar al-Assad messages were tweeted from the Reuters account in rapid succession beginning at 6:33 p.m. EDT.
The sixth was accompanied by several comments: “Why is dialog treason? This is why #Syria” it said.
The army has not yet taken credit for the hack.
Forces that are behind al-Assad have been battling opposition forces in Syria for several years; the death toll in the bloody conflict recently rose above 100,000, according to the United Nations.
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