Pro-Assad 'Syrian Electronic Army' hacks Financial Times website, Twitter The website of British newspaper the Financial Times was hacked on Friday, apparently by the "Syrian Electronic Army," a group of hackers and online activists who say they support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Stories on the FT's website have had their headlines replaced by "Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army" and messages on its Twitter feed read: "Do you want to know the reality of the Syrian "Rebels?" " followed by a link to a video. The group posted links on the newspaper's Twitter feed to a YouTube video, uploaded on Wednesday, which purports to show members of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front Syrian rebel group executing blindfolded and kneeling members of the Syrian army. The video could not be independently verified. "Various FT blogs and social media accounts have been compromised by hackers and we are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible," a statement from the FT press office said. The paper is owned by Pearson Plc The group has previously targeted Twitter accounts belonging to The Associated Press, NPR, 60 Minutes, as well as BBC's weather service, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, rights group Human Rights Watch and French news service France 24. The most famous account was the AP hack, which resulted in a false news notification that U.S. President Barack Obama had been injured in a bomb attack. The fake tweet roiled stock markets and startled the public. For years, security experts have called on Twitter to introduce a two-factor authentication measure, which requires a two-step process to log in and which they say would greatly reduce such breaches. In recent months, the San Francisco-based company has hired security experts and posted job listings for software engineers, who could help the company roll out two-factor authentication. Twitter was not immediately available for comment.