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Special operations unit finally admits its strange tweet did not come from a hacker

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A spokesman for U.S. special operations forces in the Middle East and southwest Asia has acknowledged that the command’s official Twitter account was not hacked when it sent a bizarre message on Saturday. U.S. Special Operations Command Central initially claimed that a hacker had tweeted the message on Saturday morning that simply read: “Afghanistan” and …

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Special Operations Command Blames Hacker for Tweet About Islamic State, Afghanistan

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U.S. Special Operations Command Central says a hacker was responsible for a “misleading message” posted to its Twitter account over the weekend. The now-deleted tweet contained only the words “Afghanistan” and “Islamic State” in quotation marks, according to screenshots shared on the social media platform. “In the past 12 hours someone hacked our unit’s official …

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No, SOCCENT Twitter wasn’t hacked as the command initially said

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Special Operations Command Central now says a curious tweet on its official account was not a hack, as it initially reported on social media. U.S. Special Operations Command Central “acknowledges a misleading post to our official Twitter account on April 24, 2021,” Army Maj. Tony Hoefler, a SOCCENT spokesman, told Military Times. “The post contained …

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Tributes to French police official stabbed by extremist

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RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) – Masked and in silence, hundreds of police officers, family members and others paid homage Monday to a French police official killed inside her police station in what authorities are investigating as an extremist attack. Family members, colleagues and friends of the victim joined local officials at the tribute ceremony in front …

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Space Command General Tells Lawmakers Alabama Lacks Communications Capabilities He Needs

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Space Command’s top general admitted to a congressional committee that an expensive secure communications network to connect the headquarters to the Pentagon and other installations would have to be built if it moves from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama. While backing the planned move, Space Command’s Gen. James Dickinson, under furious …

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