The latest hacking victims of the Syrian Electronic Army are apparently broadcasters based in the United Kingdom – both Sky and ITV networks.

In response, Android (News - Alert) apps offered by Sky broadcasting were removed from the Google Play store – with the company trying to get them back up.

It started on Sunday when SEA logos were put in the place of six of the broadcaster's apps. In addition, the SEA attacked a Sky Twitter (News - Alert) account.

Sky News, Sky Sports News, Sky Sports Football, Sky Wi-Fi, Sky+ and Sky Go apps were each impacted by the hacking attack.

In the case of one account, it was reported by the Inquirer that “Sky has admitted that it is locked out of the account and is unable to delete the messages.”

On Friday, ITV’s Twitter account was attacked and wound up showing false news stories. The attack was related to a phishing strike.

The hackers made several sites read, "Syrian Electronic Army Was Here,” and one account read, “Both Sky+, SkyNews Android apps were hacked and replaced, please uninstall the apps." Another account displayed the hackers’ message, "Due to a security breach Twitter has locked down @skyhelpteam & we are currently unable to tweet from it."

The Sky and ITV attacks are the latest in a series of hacking attacks by the SEA. CBS News, The Associated Press, the BBC, the Daily Telegraph, Financial Times (News - Alert), Guardian, E! Online, the Onion and National Public Radio were among the recent hacking targets of the SEA. The SEA also tried to mess up the water supply in the Israeli city of Haifa with a recent attack, news reports said. In the case of The AP hacking attack, the U.S. stock exchange experienced a temporary drop in value after a fake story appeared on a Twitter account that the White House had been attacked, TMCnet said.

The SEA supports the controversial leader of Syria, President Bashar al-Assad – and it is unclear if the leader is behind the hacking attacks.

The recent attacks came after last week when Twitter said it is beginning to offer a two-step authentication to prevent hacking attacks.