With all the other hacking stories this week, we didn’t want to forget about this one.
Via PC Mag:
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell woke up to a hacked Facebook page that had some colorful things to say about former President George W. Bush.
Earlier today, “Powell” started posting all-caps status updates that referenced the former president and the Ku Klux Klan, as well as the Illuminati.
The hack was first noticed by Gawker’s Adrian Chen, who quipped that “either Colin Powell’s Facebook was hacked or he has had a sudden change of heart about George W. Bush.”
The page went offline briefly, and Powell later apologized for the posts. “Dear Friends, I’m happy to report that the hacking problem has been fixed. We have been working with fb this morning and they took immediate action to remedy the situation,” he wrote.
According to The Smoking Gun, the breach was pulled off by a hacker known as Guccifer, who apparently has a thing for the Bush family. In February, Guccifer hacked the email accounts of the Bush family and publicy shared their personal communications.