Thomson Reuters Twitter Account Hacked

The official @thomsonreuters Twitter account was apparently hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army late Monday when it began broadcasting a collection of political cartoons on the conflict in Syria.

by Michael Rusch

BuzzFeed News Reporter

Posted on July 29, 2013, 11:07 pm

The first tweet was sent out at 6:33 p.m. ET:

Followed by 5 more tweets:

Update: Monday, July 29, 2013 - 7:13 p.m. ET:

Syrian Electronic Army is claiming credit for the hack:

Update: Monday, July 29, 2013 - 7:46 p.m. ET:

Twitter has suspended the @thomsonreuters account:

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Thomson Reuters Twitter Account Hacked

The first tweet was sent out at 6:33 p.m. ET:

Followed by 5 more tweets:

Syrian Electronic Army is claiming credit for the hack:

Twitter has suspended the @thomsonreuters account:

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