WASHINGTON — The parent company of the publication Army Times has been threatened by an elite hacker team, demanding they shut down the military newspaper or the team will release the names of paid subscribers. The hackers complain in a series of tweets that they are "morally outraged" at "the so-called writing skills and click-bait journalism of the Times."
A hacker who uses the alias “F*ck_Michelle_Tan69” stated they had reached their frustration limit with the Army Times "basically using the same four headlines each month" in attempt to sell papers. They noted headlines that include “Changes to the Army Physical Readiness Test,” “Who is getting kicked out next,” “Changes to the promotion system,” and “Possible changes to your retirement.”
The Pentagon says that they believe most subscribers with government emails were either bots or subscribed as a result of being bored and wanting to read more than the three free articles. Of the 131 paid subscribers 119 are reportedly officers and 11 are DA civilians.
