Onion's Twitter account hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
When it comes to parody news site the Onion, it's hard to tell if anything it publishes is real. So, after the site's Twitter feed had several tweets on Monday saying "The Syrian Electronic Army Was Here" and other similar messages, few people batted an eyelash.
However, both the Syrian Electronic Army and the Onion have confirmed that indeed the site's Twitter account was hacked, according to The New York Times.
The hacking group supports Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad, who has been blamed for perpetrating the country's civil war. Besides announcing that "The Syrian Electronic Army Was Here," the group also tweeted a message saying that the "UN retracts report of Syrian chemical weapon use," along with several tweets disparaging Israel, according to the Huffington Post. All of these messages have now been taken down.
