Yes, Microsoft is the latest victim of the Syrian Electronic Army. The official twitter account of Skype has been hijacked by Syrian Hackers to post a tweet about Spying.
"Don't use Microsoft emails(hotmail,outlook),They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the governments.http://blogs.skype.com/2014/01/01/dont-use-microsoft-emails-hotmailoutlook-they-are-monitoring-your-accounts-and-selling-the-data-to-the-governments/ " The hacker tweeted from the skype account.
The hacker also leaked the US Executive CEO of Microsoft in a tweet saying "You can thank Microsoft for monitoring your accounts/emails using this details".
An Exclusive screenshot provided to E Hacking News shows that hackers break into the Skype Wordpress blog as well as in Social media dashboard account.
It appears the hackers have hijacked the account of "Shana pearlman" who is Content Marketing Manager at Skype.
The group managed to post an article at this location "blogs.skype.com/2014/01/01/dont-use-microsoft-emails-hotmailoutlook-they-are-monitoring-your-accounts-and-selling-the-data-to-the-governments/".
The article title and body says the same content which is posted in the tweet that not to use Microsoft email services as they are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to governments.
*Update: The Article has been removed from the page and Skype regained access to their twitter account.
"Don't use Microsoft emails(hotmail,outlook),They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the governments.http://blogs.skype.com/2014/01/01/dont-use-microsoft-emails-hotmailoutlook-they-are-monitoring-your-accounts-and-selling-the-data-to-the-governments/ " The hacker tweeted from the skype account.
The hacker also leaked the US Executive CEO of Microsoft in a tweet saying "You can thank Microsoft for monitoring your accounts/emails using this details".
An Exclusive screenshot provided to E Hacking News shows that hackers break into the Skype Wordpress blog as well as in Social media dashboard account.
It appears the hackers have hijacked the account of "Shana pearlman" who is Content Marketing Manager at Skype.
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| Skype Wordpress |
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| Social Media Dashboard of Skype |
The group managed to post an article at this location "blogs.skype.com/2014/01/01/dont-use-microsoft-emails-hotmailoutlook-they-are-monitoring-your-accounts-and-selling-the-data-to-the-governments/".
The article title and body says the same content which is posted in the tweet that not to use Microsoft email services as they are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to governments.
*Update: The Article has been removed from the page and Skype regained access to their twitter account.
