<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"YourAnonNews (YAN), a Tumblr blog and Twitter account that supports the hacktivist movement Anonymous and posts regular tweets about breaking news stories, appears to have been hacked today by a group known as the Rustle League.\r\n\r\nUpdate:\u00A0Another Twitter account held by Anonymous has since tweeted to say that the updates issued by YourAnonNews were \u201Ca practical joke.\u201D It claims the PLF was, however, hacked as previously reported.\r\n\r\nRoughly an hour ago (2:30am PT/5:30am ET), the first tweet was published from the @YourAnonNews account - which has 1,103,659 followers at the time of writing -\u00A0with a hashtag indicating that the Rustle League had gained control.\r\n27 days ago, Commander X was locked out of #YAN can anyone guess why? ;-) #RustleLeague #40oz\r\n\r\n\u2014 Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) May 31, 2013\r\n&amp;amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore than two dozen tweets have since been issued from the account, containing a wide range of racial and potentially offensive language.\r\n\r\nThe main Anonymous Twitter account recognised the hack before sharing a report by Softpedia. It\u2019s unclear whether the central Anonymous group is assisting YourAnonNews to restore order at this time. Anonymous has also tweeted, however, to say that it has notified both Reuters and the BBC about the takeover.\r\nLeaders of Anonymous movement @youranonnews &amp;amp;amp; @plf2012 hacked! Informing @rt_com and @bbcbreaking right now.\r\n\r\n\u2014 Anonymous Operations (@Anon_Central) May 31, 2013\r\n&amp;amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\nA seperate Twitter account held by the People\u2019s Liberation Front, an Anonymous-allied hacktivist group, has also been hacked by the Rustle League today. The earliest tweet with the #RustleLeague hash-tag\u00A0was also sent out roughly an hour ago, suggesting that the takeover was both pre-planned and simultaneous.\r\nHacked by #RustleLeague @5hm00p @dantalion_ @meepkittyfuck @_fl0ss @n1gg3rchr1st_ @ohgeisty #40oz\r\n\r\n\u2014 Rustle League (@PLF2012) May 31, 2013\r\n&amp;amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s also likely that the same individual, or group of individuals have taken over both accounts.\r\n\r\nEarlier this year, another Twitter account owned by the central Anonymous group was hacked by the Rustle League. Anonymous eventually regained control.\r\n\r\nAt the time of writing, both the @YourAnonNews and @PLF2012 accounts are still being managed by members of the Rustle League group.\r\n\r\nRelated:\u00A0Anonymous raises $54,798 through Indiegogo to kick-start its dedicated news site for Your Anon News\r\n\r\nImage Credit:\u00A0MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://thenextweb.com/2013/05/31/rustle-league-hacks-anonymous-allied-your-anon-news-and-peoples-liberation-front-twitter-accounts/>