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French Newspaper Le Monde Claims Twitter Account Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army

French Newspaper Le Monde's Twitter Account Hacked
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PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 10: A copy of 'Le Monde' and the 'Courier International' with front page reports on this weeks' terrorist attacks are displayed on a newsstand on January 10, 2015 in Paris, France. Four hostages and three suspects were killed when police ended two separate sieges at a kosher supermarket and a printing company on an industrial estate, following Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine. A fourth suspect, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, escaped and is wanted in connection with the murder of a policewoman. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 10: A copy of 'Le Monde' and the 'Courier International' with front page reports on this weeks' terrorist attacks are displayed on a newsstand on January 10, 2015 in Paris, France. Four hostages and three suspects were killed when police ended two separate sieges at a kosher supermarket and a printing company on an industrial estate, following Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine. A fourth suspect, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, escaped and is wanted in connection with the murder of a policewoman. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

(Reuters) - French newspaper Le Monde said its Twitter account and publishing tool were hacked by Syrian Electronic Army, an amorphous hacker collective that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

"The hackers managed to infiltrate our publishing tool before launching a denial of service," the newspaper said on its website.

Le Monde sent out a tweet saying it has taken back control of its computers. "We apologize for any fraudulent posts on our behalf."

A Twitter Inc spokesman in France said the company did not comment on individual accounts for privacy and security reasons.

Representatives at "Le Monde" declined to comment.

In November, the websites of British and North American media organizations and retailer Wal-Mart's Canadian unit were hacked in a suspected attack by the Syrian Electronic Army.

Among media sites hit were London newspapers the Daily Telegraph, Independent and Evening Standard. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp and New York Daily News also said they had fallen victim to the hack.

The websites of companies such as the New York Times, the BBC, Reuters and Microsoft have been targeted by the SEA in the past, as have Twitter accounts of other media organizations.

(Reporting by Supriya Kurane and Ankush Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier and Joyjeet Das)

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