US military Twitter and YouTube accounts hacked by Isis supporters
The US Central Command's Twitter and YouTube accounts have been suspended after apparently being hacked by Islamic State supporters.
Hacking is 'severe embarrassment to US military'
There is no doubt that this is a severe embarrassment to the US military.
It does appear that hackers working for or on behalf of ISIS have infiltrated the social media accounts of Centcom, the regional command that oversees military operations in the Middle East.
And it comes on the very day that President Obama was actually urging US companies to be far more vigilant over the use of their computer systems.
The Pentagon is saying that its actual computer systems were not breached, but this is a vivid reminder that the cyberspace is the new frontline in warfare.
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