If you haven't heard the news, The US Government Central Command (CENTCOM) recently had their Twitter and Youtube pages compromised by supporters of the terrorist organization ISIS.
Pretty scary stuff. But how much do you, the normal internet user need to worry? How much do you need to worry about the safety of your government?
Twitter isn't exactly the height of online security. CENTCOM wasn't actually hacked, just a Twitter account. Which happens pretty regularly as it turns out. Twitter isn't exactly the center of security on the internet.
Things like this happen quite often, and it's no fault of the companies running the accounts. It's a fault in the security of the social media sites themselves. Heck, even being unable to reach a website is low level hacking at best, and is mostly just a nuisance.
I myself am more worried the government will use this as an opportunity to push more legislation in the favor of more internet survelliance in the name of freedom, but that's my happy little paranoia.
Pretty scary stuff. But how much do you, the normal internet user need to worry? How much do you need to worry about the safety of your government?
Twitter isn't exactly the height of online security. CENTCOM wasn't actually hacked, just a Twitter account. Which happens pretty regularly as it turns out. Twitter isn't exactly the center of security on the internet.
Things like this happen quite often, and it's no fault of the companies running the accounts. It's a fault in the security of the social media sites themselves. Heck, even being unable to reach a website is low level hacking at best, and is mostly just a nuisance.
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| From XKCD |
I myself am more worried the government will use this as an opportunity to push more legislation in the favor of more internet survelliance in the name of freedom, but that's my happy little paranoia.
