TEHRAN (FNA)- The hacktivist pro-Assad group known as the "Syrian Electronic Army" (SEA) briefly hijacked the Twitter feeds of TIME magazine in response to a critical description of President Assads candidacy for its Person of the year award.The SEA has tweeted from TIMEs official account, "Syrian Electronic Army was here via @Official_SEA16. Next time write a better word about the Syrian president #SEA."
That tweet was soon deleted, RT reported.
The group referred to TIMEs list of people politicians and celebrities selected as potential winners for "Person of the Year," the magazines annual award.
The voting closes on December, 4, with TIME's Person of the Year to be announced on December 11.
The SEA also claimed interfering with the vote on the US magazines webpage.
TIME is not the first target of the hacktivist group. The SEA, a group of hackers sympathetic to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, also claimed responsibility for cyber-attacks on The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post and Thomson Reuters.
In April, they also compromised the main Twitter account for the Associated Press. As a result of the online attack, the Associated Press falsely reported that US President Obama had been injured in a surprise attack on the White House, causing a brief panic online and even causing the stock market to fall by over 150 points.
The SEA also defaced a US Marine Corps recruitment website on September 2, posting images of US soldiers holding messages of contempt regarding possible American involvement in Syria.
Following that attack, the Federal Bureau of Investigation added the SEA to its list of wanted criminals.
By Fars News Agency
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