WASHINGTON: The Syrian Electronic Army hacker group set its sights on Skype’s social media accounts on Wednesday to accuse Microsoft of spying on user data.
Microsoft-owned Skype’s Twitter account displayed the message: “Don’t use Microsoft emails (hotmail,outlook), They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the governments.More details soon #SEA.”
It was posted around 1030 GMT but was removed less than two hours later. Microsoft could not immediately be reached for comment. The SEA account belongs to the Syrian Electronic Army, which backs the Damascus government.
In a posting on its own Twitter account, the SEA said “You can thank Microsoft for monitoring your accounts/emails using this details,” and listed Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s contact
information. AFP
