Fox News Twitter Account Hijacked, President Obama Declared Dead
Senin, 04 Juli 2011 by Android Blackberry
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Fox News Twitter Account Hijacked, President Obama Declared Dead
There’s absolutely nothing even remotely amusing about this: some stupid children - actual age unknown - have taken over the (verified) @FoxNewPolitics Twitter account and posted a series of messages declaring U.S. President Barack Obama dead on the eve of the Fourth of July, the national day of the United States.
The ‘hackers’ appear to have taken over the account around two AM Eastern time, and went on to claim President Obama was shot twice at an Iowa restaurant, that he passed away soon thereafter, and that the shooter’s identity was unknown.
By the time this post was published, the account had observed no tweets for a couple of hours, but neither was it suspended or had been any of the fake reports deleted, so whoever gained access to the Twitter account could still have it.
@FoxNewsPolitics has about 33,000 followers, but evidently many of the tweets have been retweeted and spread rapidly across the network.
Numerous reports claim there had been extra tweets, some declaring the prosperous hacking of the account, which have considering that been deleted. 1 of them reportedly read:
The link in the tweet led to one more Twitter account, which has because been suspended.
Think claims to have spoken to a ‘representative’ of The Script Kiddies, who stated:
He or she also said this was only the beginning, and explained why Fox News was singled out:
They also appear to have talked to The Hacker News, if you’re interested.
There’s absolutely nothing even remotely amusing about this: some stupid children - actual age unknown - have taken over the (verified) @FoxNewPolitics Twitter account and posted a series of messages declaring U.S. President Barack Obama dead on the eve of the Fourth of July, the national day of the United States.
The ‘hackers’ appear to have taken over the account around two AM Eastern time, and went on to claim President Obama was shot twice at an Iowa restaurant, that he passed away soon thereafter, and that the shooter’s identity was unknown.
By the time this post was published, the account had observed no tweets for a couple of hours, but neither was it suspended or had been any of the fake reports deleted, so whoever gained access to the Twitter account could still have it.
@FoxNewsPolitics has about 33,000 followers, but evidently many of the tweets have been retweeted and spread rapidly across the network.
Numerous reports claim there had been extra tweets, some declaring the prosperous hacking of the account, which have considering that been deleted. 1 of them reportedly read:
The link in the tweet led to one more Twitter account, which has because been suspended.
Think claims to have spoken to a ‘representative’ of The Script Kiddies, who stated:
He or she also said this was only the beginning, and explained why Fox News was singled out:
They also appear to have talked to The Hacker News, if you’re interested.
