Washington: A hacker's group calling themselves ‘CyberCaliphate' threatened US President Barack Obama when it took control of the Newsweek Magazine's Twitter Account on Tuesday with the words ‘Je suIS IS'.
The group which also took responsibility of hacking Pentagon social media accounts last month has referred to the Islamic State and the barbarous attack on French newspaper Charlie Hebdo through this message.
In their earlier message on Pentagon account, they had tweeted, "#CyberCaliphate Bloody Valentine's Day #MichelleObama! We're watching you, you girls and your husband!"
Josh Earnest, White House spokesman said, “FBI is investigating the hacking” however, he did not comment on any specific threat to the Obama family.
The Magazine's twitter account showed a head wrapped in a black-and-white scarf next to a banner proclaiming "CyberCaliphate."
According to media reports, the Newsweek removed the “Cybercaliphate” banner and tweets within 14 minutes and regained control of the account.
Hackers also posted a message intended for the United States in retaliation for its actions in the Muslim world which read, "While the U.S. and its satellites are killing our brothers in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, we are destroying your national cybersecurity system from inside”.
The message also contained a list of names under the heading ‘brave Mujahideen'.
Jim Impoco, editor-in-chief of Newsweek, played down the cyber intrusion. He said, "They were able to get control of our account for a few minutes. We are working with Twitter to make sure it doesn't happen again.”
The earlier attacks of January coincided with Obama's announcements of proposals to strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity after high-profile hacking incidents like that of Sony pictures which US blamed on North Korea.
On Tuesday, when the Cyber attack on the Newsweek occurred, Obama's counterterrorism coordinator, Lisa Monaco had announced the formation of a new agency to monitor and analyze cyber security threats.
