The Wall Street Journal is reporting that President Obama’s twitter feed was infiltrated by the Syrian Electronic Army.

According to an official with Organizing for Action, a group that supports the president, the Syrian Electronic Army was able to hack a service that helps OFA shorten the links it uses on its main Twitter account, @barackobama. The service, run by a third-party vendor, turns long Internet links into an “OFA.BO” format that it then uses in its tweets.

Using this access, the Syrian Electronic Army was able to redirect the President’s @barackobama tweets to a video entitled,“Syria Facing Terrorism.”

The Syrian Electronic Army also claims to have hacked email accounts of the OFA.  The OFA has not disclosed how the Syrian Electronic Army gained access.  In the past, the Syrian Electronic Army has hacked into systems using targeted spearphishing emails.

At Iconix, our goal is to make the spearphishing vector less effective. Spearphishers deceive people into making bad email decisions that compromise security. IT needs to help employees make better email processing decisions. That is where SP Guard comes into play. Using SP Guard, IT can determine a list of trusted senders and provide this information to staff in a simple and highly effective manner.

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