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CNN Twitter Feed Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army

Brief takeover follows attack on Microsoft

It appears CNN's Twitter feed was briefly hacked this evening by the Syrian Electronic Army, a frequent hijacker of Western news feeds. A series of posts around 6 p.m. Eastern criticized the CIA as backers of Al-Qaeda and dismissed the network's coverage of the Syrian civil war as "fake."

In a tweet captured by Boing Boing before being deleted, CNN's account posted the message, "Syrian Electronic Army Was Here…Stop lying…All your reports are fake!" Below are three tweets, recorded by Adweek, that were posted by the feed's hackers before CNN appeared to regain full control of its account.