WASHINGTON--Hackers claiming to be aligned with Islamic State
militants took control of the U.S. Central Command's Twitter and
YouTube accounts Monday, posting phone numbers of top military
officers and what they said was classified documents.
In the posting, the militants claimed they were working for the
Islamic State and a "Cyber Caliphate."
A Pentagon official said that U.S. Central Command was aware of
the hack but had no immediate information about how it
occurred.
Officials for a time Monday appeared to be trying to retake
control of the Twitter account. Shortly after the first tweets from
the hackers appeared, the "Cyber Caliphate" logo and slogan
disappeared, replaced by a blue square.
Then shortly after 1 p.m., the Twitter account was labeled as
suspended.
The tweets posted by the hackers included phone number of top
military commanders and what the group said were military scenarios
for a conflict with North Korea and China.
--Felicia Schwartz contributed to this article.
Write to Julian E. Barnes at julian.barnes@wsj.com
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