A British hacker has been named as a suspect for the recent attack on a Pentagon Twitter account.
On Monday, an attack was launched on the US Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts by the hacking ring ‘CyberCaliphate’, believed to be led by suspect Junaid Hussain.
Reuters reported Pentagon spokesman Army Colonel Steve Warren calling the cyber attack "inconvenient" and highlighting that no sensitive information was compromised.
Investigators from the US and European countries hint that the attack was carried out from Syria, where Hussain reportedly fled after serving time for stealing Tony Blair’s address book.
Hussain was sentenced to six months in jail for stealing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s address book, obtained from an email account maintained by one of Blair’s advisors.
According to investigators, a Twitter account that operated under the pseudonym Abu Hussain al Britani, which was also linked to CyberCaliphate is believed to be operated by Hussain.
‘CyberCaliphate’ previously took responsibility for the hacking of Albuquerque Journal in New Mexico and WBOC, a Delaware television station.
After the attack, the US military’s Twitter and YouTube accounts were taken offline.
Following the attack, the Abu Hussain al Britani Tweeter account has been suspended, as there were reports that there could be multiple people using the account.
