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Facebook account of N. Korean airline hacked by Islamist group

January 14, 2015
(Courtesy of Air Koryo)

(Courtesy of Air Koryo)

SEOUL (Yonhap) — The Facebook account of North Korea’s state-run airline was hacked Wednesday by what appeared to be the same Islamist group that has previously cyberattacked a Twitter account of the U.S. military.

All of the postings on Koryo Air’s Facebook account were withdrawn and replaced by photo images of armed Islamist men riding a jeep and weeping North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as of late Wednesday.

One of the postings said, “North Korea, the communist thug nation, and the Chinese communist thugs will pay a price for their collaboration with the enemies of the mujahideen (Jihad).”

Facebook screen capture

Facebook screen capture

The profile picture of the hacked account showed the image of a masked Islamist man identified as CyberCaliphate, the same image which was posted on the hacked Twitter account of the U.S. military’s Central Command.

CyberCaliphate claimed that it had hacked into the networks of the U.S. military’s Central Command, releasing the phone numbers and private information of American officers and other military information earlier this week.