The Onion’s Twitter Feed Hacked by Pro-Syria Group

The Syrian Electronic Army is once again claiming responsibility for hacking a U.S. news site Twitter account. The most recent hacking took place on Monday when the satirical news site, The Onion, noticed its Twitter feed had been compromised.

Tweets from the news organization's account featured multiple pro-Syria tweets, several of which targeted Israel for carrying out a series of air strikes during the weekend along the country's northern border.

This is the same group of hackers that took over the Associated Press' main Twitter account last week and tweeted that President Obama had been injured in an explosion. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the tweet caused $130 billion in losses on the stock market before the AP could retract the story.

The SEA also recently hacked E! Online's Twitter account. "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours" reported they also saw their Twitter feeds hacked in the past month.

The group sprung up in 2011 and is believed to backed by the Syrian government. The SEA is a group of hackers who support the mass-murdering regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

According to Mother Jones, "The SEA seeks publicity by claiming political significance to otherwise non-political websites, and targeting these web sites because they are simply vulnerable opportunities."

The Onion responded to the hackings by posting a sarcastic story titled "Onion Twitter Password Changed To OnionMan77." They posted another story "Syrian Electronic Army Has A Little Fun Before Inevitable Upcoming Deaths At Hand Of Rebels" on Monday.

E! Online's Twitter account was suspended after the compromised account sent out false messages about celebrities. A screenshot of the tweets shows the hackers talking about singer Justin Bieber.

"The Syrian Electronic Army was here! Fans of @justinbieber, you have been trolled by @Official_SEA12," one of the tweet reads.

E! Online immediately released a statement about Saturday's incident.

"E online's breaking news twitter and sms accounts were compromised today," said E! in a statement. "We're working to have this resolved as quickly as possible and are fully investigating the incident. We apologize for any confusion that the erroneous news alerts may have caused."

On April 20^th, both "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours" noticed their Twitter accounts had been compromised after anti-Obama tweets claiming the president was "shamelessly in bed with Al-Queda" was sent from their accounts.