Hackers take over French newspaper Le Monde's Twitter account

The main Twitter account for leading French newspaper Le Monde was hacked on Tuesday night by the Syrian Electronic Army

Initial signs of trouble began showing up sometime after 7 p.m. ET, with the account sending a Twitter message displaying the now familiar Syrian Electronic Army logo seen in recent months during other Twitter hack attacks, including those on The Daily Telegraph, The Los Angeles Times and CNN

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Along with the SEA logo, the hackers posted the message "the Syrian Electronic Army was here" in French, followed by the hashtags #SEA and #Syria. The group then retweeted a BBC News tweet reporting on the incident Read more...

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