January 14, 2015 | Cited by Jeryl Bier - The Weekly Standard

Pentagon Labels YouTube/Twitter Hacking ‘Cyber Vandalism’


The Pentagon called the hacking of the Central Command's (CENTCOM) YouTube and Twitter accounts Monday “cyber vandalism” in a letter to service members and their families to allay concerns about the incident. General Lloyd Austin said that the FBI is investigating the “alleged breach” of the two social media sites by hackers who claimed to be aligned with the Islamic State (ISIS). While Austin said that “CENTCOM network was not compromised and no classified information,” he acknowledged that the hackers posted “information obtained from the accounts,” he did not go into further detail.

Although General Austin referred to the Paris attacks as 'lone wolf' events, there have been some possible links to al Qaeda uncovered as Thomas Joscelyn reports in the January 19 edition of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, including an eyewitness account that one of the killers said “You can tell the media that it’s al Qaeda in Yemen” during the attack on Charlie Hebdo's offices.

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