On Monday, President Obama's Twitter (News - Alert) link was compromised. A Syrian hacker group called the Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the hacking. 

On October 28 the President tweeted:

Science fair nightmare: This #climate change denier is the world's most embarrassing dad. http://t.co/Vi9EMg4Gzq

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 27, 2013

The tweet included the above link that was supposed to direct users to the president’s website. Instead those who clicked on the URL were taken to a YouTube (News - Alert) video called "Syria Facing Terrorism." The tweet was online for 19 hours before the redirect was noticed. Once discovered the link was quickly fixed sending users to President Obama’s website.

A spokesperson for President Obama and Twitter, both confirmed, that it was only his link that was hacked and not the president’s actual Twitter account. The Syrian Electronic Army has also hacked the social media accounts of the Associated Press (News - Alert), CNN, The Guardian and NPR in the past several months.

A Tweet was sent out by an account associated with the Syrian Electronic Army reading, “Obama doesn't have any ethical issues with spying on the world, so we took it upon ourselves to return the favor."

In a separate Tweet the group posted:

Obama spent so much money ravaging #Syria with terror, he can't even pay his bills pic.twitter.com/dMEj8uFGGI

— SyrianElectronicArmy (@Official_SEA16) October 28, 2013

The Syrian Electronic Army is an anonymous group of hackers. They support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. According to Quartz, the hacking group gained access to the email of one of Obama's Organizing for Action campaign staffers. The access to this email enabled them to either gain login information or password reset privileges to the link shortener service.

Suzanne Snurpus the owner of the hacked email account said, "We've taken measures to correct it and we've all changed our passwords and added an extra layer of login security."

Previously the Syrian Electronic Army has taken credit for taking down the websites of the New York Times and the Financial Times (News - Alert).