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"The official Twitter accounts of the World Cup and FIFA's President Joseph Blatter have been hacked, apparently by Syrian hackers.\nOn Monday afternoon, both @FifaWorldCup and @SeppBlatter started sending weird tweets, hinting that hackers had taken over control of the accounts. And it quickly became clear that the messages posted were not from their real owners.\n\nBoth accounts started sending tweets about Joseph Blatter allegedly stepping down due to corruption charges stemming from an imaginary FIFA investigation that found that the Emir of Qatar had bribed Blatter to convince FIFA to select Qatar as the host of the 2022 World Cup. \n\nAny doubts regarding the veracity of the tweets were finally swept away when the people behind the hack claimed responsibility. \n\n\nSEE ALSO: What Is the Syrian Electronic Army?\n\nIt appears that the group responsible for today's hacks is the Syrian Electronic Army, a mysterious and highly effective group of pro-Assad hackers. It is the same group that hacked NPR's Twitter account last week, and is also responsible for another series of high-profile Twitter hacks that have hit the BBC and, more recently, CBS. \nIn tweets claiming responsibility for the hacks, the Syrian Electronic Army also mentioned its latest \"official\" Twitter account, @Official_SEA6. As reported by cybersecurity blog Naked Security, Twitter has been clamping down on some of the group's previous accounts, like @SyrianCyberArmy or @SEA_Official3, which have been suspended.\nAt press time, the fake tweets were still visible on both accounts, and @Official_SEA6 hadn't yet been suspended.\nImage via Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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