Thread: Hacked Fox Twitter feed reports Obama's death

Hacked Fox Twitter feed reports Obama's death

MSNBC Politics, Monday, July 4, 2011, 10:56am (PDT) Hackers took control of the Twitter account of FoxNews.com's political news feed on Monday and sent several false tweets saying that President Barack Obama had been shot dead.

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Hacking on Fox News Twitter reports Obama's death

updated 7/4/2011 9:11:44 AM ET

NEW YORK — Hackers broke into Fox's political Twitter account early Monday, posting updates saying President Barack Obama had been assassinated.

A series of six tweets coming from the FoxNewsPolitics account reported that Obama had been shot to death in Iowa and the shooter was unknown.

In a statement posted on its website later Monday morning, Fox News called the tweets "malicious" and "false." It said the hacking is being investigated.

Obama plans to spend the July Fourth holiday at a barbecue at the White House with military families and administration staffers.

Secret Service spokesman George Olgilvie says the agency wouldn't comment on the tweets.

Fox's political Twitter account has more than 34,000 followers.

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Isnt that like several major felonies at least? Wow

You risk a very unpredictable reaction, that in some way shape or form could be dangerous, by hacking and putting that up there.