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"The Syrian Electronic Army claimed credit for hacking one of British television network ITV's Twitter accounts Friday. One of the SEA's hijacked tweets linked to a story about Twitter's recently introduced two-step verification, aimed at preventing such hijackings.\n\"Just kidding. The Syrian Electronic Army was here. #SEA via @Official_SEA12,\" read one of the false tweets from @itvlondon. The SEA's tweets have since been deleted and the account restored.\nAn ITV spokesperson told Reuters the hack was triggered by a phishing email, meaning an ITV employee likely opened a malicious link that allowed hackers to access the account.\nTwitter announced a new two-step verification feature Wednesday after mounting public pressure to bolster security. Once enabled, the feature should help prevent phishing attacks from allowing unwanted access to Twitter accounts. The ITV spokesperson told Reuters he or she didn't know whether the feature was enabled on the compromised account.\nSEE ALSO: How the Syrian Electronic Army Hacked 'The Onion'\n\nThe SEA is a single hacker or group of hackers most famous for hijacking major media outlets' Twitter accounts, including the Associated Press. The group is a digital propaganda force: Once the SEA has control over a news organization's Twitter account, they often tweet messages in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. \nSyria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 as rebels fight to topple Assad.\nImage via iStockphoto, robas"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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