In Hack Attack, ISIS Images Appear On CENTCOM's Social Media Sites

January 13 2015

USA

The U.S. military says no classified information was obtained in a hacking incident on Monday by apparent ISIS sympathizers.

The Twitter and YouTube accounts of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) were hacked, reports NBC News.

The sites were "compromised" for about 30 minutes on Monday, said CENTCOM.

The hackers replaced CENTCOM's banner and images with pro-ISIS messages and claimed to have broken into military computers and stolen information on service members and their...

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