Security News > 2021 > October > Navy Warship’s Facebook Page Hacked to Stream ‘Age of Empires’ Gaming

The official Facebook page of a destroyer-class Navy warship, the USS Kidd, has gone rogue: Someone has taken over the page in order tostream Age of Empires play.

The hijacked page of the warship, which finished up its latest active deployment in late September, then posted a joyful "Hahahahaha" and commenced four hours of live Age of Empires action.

For its part, the Navy admitted the attack: "The official Facebook page for USS Kidd was hacked," Cmdr. Nicole Schwegman, a Navy spokesperson, confirmed to Task & Purpose on Tuesday.

"USS Kidd's Facebook page had an unauthorized access from an unknown entity."

"It's easy to look at a compromised Facebook page and think that it's no big deal," said Jake Williams, co-founder and CTO at BreachQuest.

"But many military units use Facebook pages as an official communication channel, particularly for family-readiness groups. A threat actor compromising an official Facebook page could create confusion and morale problems."

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https://threatpost.com/navy-warships-facebook-age-empires-gaming/175409/