U.S. Central Command @CentCom Twitter and YouTube Take Down by CyberCaliphate

The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command of the U.S. Department of Defense, established in 1983. It was originally conceived of as the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF). Its area of responsibility includes countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, most notably Afghanistan and Iraq.

The agency’s public Twitter and YouTube account was taken over by the CyberCaliphate in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (abbreviated ISIS) and in the name of Allah.

It is possible that the US Centcom used the same password for both online services.

@USCENTCOM has been reset to factory defaults.