Skype says user information safe in Syrian Electronic Army hack


LOS ANGELES: A day after the Syrian Electronic Army said it had hacked into Skype's social media accounts, the Internet calling service acknowledged on Thursday it had been hit with a "cyberattack" but said no user information was compromised. 

A Tweet posted on Skype's official Twitter feed on Wednesday read: "Don't use Microsoft e-mails (hotmail, outlook), They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the governments. More details soon. #SEA" 

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