Twitter: Syrian hackers hijack three accounts of FC Barcelona to oppose Qatar

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The three official Twitter accounts of FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA): English (11.1 million subscribers as of 20/02/2014), Catalan (4.1 million subscribers) and Spanish (6.05 million subscribers) were hacked by Internet users claiming to be the SEA (Syrian Electronic Army), a group of internet activists who defend the Bashar al-Assad regime...

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