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22 April 2013

Blatter's Twitter 'hacked'

The Twitter accounts of FIFA president Sepp Blatter and the World Cup appear to have been hacked.

Live updates

We can confirm that some of FIFA’s twitter accounts, including the account of the FIFA President and @fifaworldcup, have been hacked today.

We are looking at this issue at the moment.

– FIFA statement

The Syrian Electronic Army has claimed responsibility for hacking the Twitter accounts of FIFA president Sepp Blatter and the official FIFA World Cup account.

The group previously claimed hacking the Twitter accounts of CBS, BBC Weather, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Arabic Online and 60 Minutes.

The Twitter account of FIFA president Sepp Blatter, which appears to have been hacked, retweeted the official FIFA World Cup account which said he had resigned.

Read: Sepp Blatter's Twitter account 'hacked'

The Twitter accounts of FIFA president Sepp Blatter and the FIFA World Cup appear to have been hacked.

Mr Blatter's tweets read:

Blatter's Twitter 'hacked'

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FIFA confirm Blatter's Twitter account has been hacked

Syrian Electronic Army claim FIFA Twitter hack

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