Someone hacked the Facebook page of a US Navy vessel and streamed ‘Age of Empire’ for 10 hours

The strategy game was unveiled nearly 14 years ago (image for representation).

As news of the hack spread, hundreds of commenters flocked to the page to watch the stream.

In a bizarre incident, someone hacked the Facebook page of the USS Kiddie, the famous US Navy warship, in order to stream over ten hours of the original Age of Empires game. The US Navy appears to have still not fully regained control of its Facebook page. However, the gamer has stopped streaming the classic version of the game. According to Commander Nicole Schwegman as she told task and purpose“The official Facebook page of USS Kidd (DDG 100) was hacked and the Navy is working with Facebook’s technical support to resolve the issue.”

The guy christened the streams with expressions like “hahahaha”, “hi everyone” and “hi guys” before streaming the real-time strategy game from the house of Ensemble Studios throughout the day. The hacker also changed the purpose of the page that was created to inform families about the vessel’s position and location. The new objective was set as “Gaming Video Maker”.

The strategy game was unveiled nearly 14 years ago and the hacker streamed more than 10 hours of gameplay on Battleship’s Facebook page in six separate videos, all of which were available for viewing as of yesterday.

As news of the hack spread, hundreds of commenters flocked to the page to watch the stream. While the player’s voice was not audible during gameplay, the comments section was filled with hundreds of comments on various videos. A large number of commentators were also discussing the game and gameplay and also giving advice to gamers on how to proceed in the game.

Users on the Facebook page were also left wondering whether it was an actual hack, or simply a chance encounter after seeing the page they logged on to on someone else’s device. The incident has put the US Navy in the red and officials are trying to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

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