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Hackers Allegedly Hijack AP Twitter Account: Send 2 False Tweets That White House Was Bombed
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 16:03
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WASHINGTON – Hackers took control of the Associated Press Twitter account on Tuesday and sent a false tweet of two explosions in the White House that briefly sent US financial markets reeling.
In the latest high-profile hacking incident involving social media service Twitter, an official @AP account reported that two explosions at the White House injured President Barack Obama.
AP spokesman Paul Colford quickly confirmed the tweet was “bogus,” but within 3 minutes of the tweet hitting the Web, virtually all US markets took a plunge on the false news in what one trader described as “pure chaos.”
White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that Obama was fine soon after the tweet went out a little after 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT). MOREHERE
Probably an inside job in order to short the market and make a quick killing (no pun intended) on the news.