Hackers falsely claim Obama dead on Twitter

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  1. swirlman07

    swirlman07 Well-Known Member

    There are indeed some sick people with nothing better to do than attempt to add distress to the world.

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers took control of a FoxNews.com Twitter account on Monday and sent six false tweets saying that U.S. President Barack Obama had been shot dead.
    "Those reports are incorrect, of course, and the president is spending the July 4 holiday with his family," Foxnews.com said in a statement about the latest in a wave of high-profile cyber security breaches around the world.
    "Hackers sent out several malicious and false tweets that President Obama had been assassinated," said the conservative media outlet owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

    Full story here: http://news.yahoo.com/foxnews-website-hacked-false-tweet-says-obama-shot-131341952.html
     
    swirlman07, Jul 4, 2011
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  2. GanjaGrl89

    GanjaGrl89 New Member

    that's crazy.. I wonder how long it was up before it was noticed?
     
    GanjaGrl89, Jul 4, 2011
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  3. Morning Star

    Morning Star Well-Known Member

    Prior to that, Fox News "mistakenly" claimed that Gabrielle Giffords died in the Tucson shooting.
     
    Morning Star, Jul 5, 2011
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  4. Mikey

    Mikey Well-Known Member

    This. :neutral:
     
    Mikey, Jul 5, 2011
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