After United Press International and New York Post, French newspaper Le Monde has become the latest victim to a Twitter hack.
The attack was reportedly carried out by a group called the ‘Syrian Electronic Army’, which supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
After getting hold of the newspaper’s Twitter account, the group posted tweeted ‘Je ne suis pas Charlie’, which means ‘I am not Charlie’, aimed to counter the "Je Suis Charlie" hashtag on the social media platform.
According to reports, another tweet was sent out supporting Palestine, and another protesting the bombings in Syria.
Reuters cited Le Monde as saying: "The hackers managed to infiltrate our publishing tool before launching a denial of service."
"We apologize for any fraudulent posts on our behalf."
The company also claimed that it had regained control of the hacked account.
According to Agence France-Presse, the group could not gain access to the Le Monde website, but had hacked the Twitter account by sending phishing emails to the paper’s editors.
The Syrian Electronic Army was also responsible for the attack on British and North American media organisations and has targeted the New York Times, the BBC, Reuters and Microsoft websites.
