Tuesday, September 13, 2011

NBC News's Twitter Account Pulled Pulled After 9/11 Hack

Just as Friday was calming down, NBC News sent out a very alarming tweet to their nearly 130,000 followers: "Breaking News! Ground Zero has just been attacked. Flight 5736 has crashed into the site, suspected hijacking. more as the story develops." Journalists almost immediately wrote it off as a clear hack and three minutes later, the hackers confirmed: "NBCNEWS hacked by The Script Kiddies. Follow them at�@s_kiddies!" Both the NBC News account and the Script Kiddies account were suspended within minutes, the tweets deleted. ...

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nbc-newss-twitter-account-pulled-pulled-9-11-232445570.html

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