No matter who or what you are, your social media profiles and accounts can be hacked by anyone – which is just what the Kenyan Defence Force found out on Monday.
The Kenyan military’s Twitter account was breached on Monday morning with a tweet which read:
Account Hacked by @Anon_0x03 Fuck you army ;)
— Kenya Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) July 20, 2014
The Kenya Defence Force’s spokesman, Major E K Chirchir, also had his account hacked into by known Anonymous member Anon_0x03.
Kenya Defense Forces Spokesman Twitter Account @MajorEChirchir Hacked by @Anon_0x03 ;) — Kenya Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) July 20, 2014
The hacker is a former member of Venezuelan Hackers, and associates himself with Anonymous and AntiSec hacker groups.
We are #Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. #ExpectUs pic.twitter.com/zK9OpLOWmq
— Kenya Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) July 21, 2014
Greetings #Kenya – We are #Anonymous #GMOKE #InsecurityKE #CorruptionKE #ImpunityKE — Kenya Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) July 21, 2014
While he has been quiet from the spokesperson’s account, he has used the Kenyan Defence Force to highlight several social-economic issues:
So much poverty in Africa while you are wasting money in guns.
— Kenya Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) July 20, 2014
As the new masters and commanders of the #Kenya #MOD, we have decided to declare war on #Israel for crimes against humanity #GazaUnderAttack
— Kenya Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) July 21, 2014
He also seems to be rather unhappy with current president Uhuru Kenyatta, and launched a series of tweets to vent his anger:
Dear @UKenyatta By popular demand, the people have requested that u PISS OFF! — Kenya Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) July 21, 2014
President @ukenyatta says KE safe. Then he buys a heavily armored vehicle. All for one & one for all !
— Kenya Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) July 21, 2014
At least he can have some fun as well…
We <3 @twitter
— Kenya Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) July 21, 2014
At the time of writing, Anon_0x03 has held control of both Twitter accounts for more than nine hours.
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