Some of CNN 's social media accounts and blogs were compromised Thursday . The affected accounts included CNN 's main Facebook account , CNN Politics ' Facebook account and the Twitter pages for CNN and CNN 's Security Clearance . Blogs for Political Ticker , The Lead , Security Clearance , The Situation Room and Crossfire were also hacked . The posts were deleted within minutes and the accounts have since been secured . Some of the posts claimed that the Syrian Electronic Army , a group of pro-Syrian regime hackers that has aggressively targeted major news organizations and activists , was responsible . `` Syrian Electronic Army Was Here ... Stop lying ... All your reports are fake ! '' one of the posts on CNN 's Twitter account said . Another post Thursday night on a Twitter account purportedly tied to the group said it was retaliating for `` viciously lying reporting aimed at prolonging the suffering in Syria . '' Last year the Syrian Electronic Army claimed credit for a 20-hour-long outage of the New York Times website . The group also claims to have hacked other major American and British news organizations , as well as Columbia University and rights group Human Rights Watch .
CNN 's main Facebook account and Twitter page were among those compromised . Several CNN blogs were also affected . The posts were deleted within minutes and the accounts have been secured . Some posts claimed the Syrian Electronic Army was responsible .