The Syrian Electronic Army Rings In The New Year By Hacking Skype’s Social Media Accounts

The Syrian Electronic Army is at it again. The group just hacked Skype’s blog and twittersays one posting. “Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army.. Stop Spying!”,says another

accounts, spreading an anti-NSA, anti-Microsoft message in the process. “Don’t use Microsoft emails (hotmail,outlook), They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the governments”,

Skype, the service itself, does not appear to be affected

The group also gained control of Skype’s Facebook although that message has since been deleted. However, the postings were up for nearly 40 minutes

As of publication, the activist group still seemingly has control of Skype’s blog and Twitter