The Syrian Electronic Army has done it again. The Twitter account of British broadcaster ITV has been hacked on Friday.

ITV’s London news Twitter account was hijacked on Friday afternoon and used to promote fake stories about Syrian rebels before posting “The Syrian Electronic Army was here.”

Earlier this week, Twitter announced that it has introduced a two-step login process.

However, while this may thwart hackers, it can only do so if a mobile phone is connected to the account.

Thus, if ITV didn’t take the extra step to try and protect their account, the Syrian Electronic Army could just waltz right in.

ITV is Britain’s largest free-to-air commercial broadcaster. They said on their national Twitter account that they are aware of the hijack and that it was working to return to normal very soon.

Apparently, the spokesman said the security breach was triggered by a phishing email.

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