Hacked Twitter Account Tells of White House Explosions

Lapin

How does a news gathering agency with the reputation like The Associated Press have their Twitter account hacked like this?





DEVELOPING: The Associated Press said Tuesday its Twitter account had been hacked, with a Twitter feed falsely stating there had been two explosions at the White House and sending stocks on a steep, but brief decline.
The tweet from the AP account briefly caused U.S. stocks to drop, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling more than 150 points before quickly recovering. White House spokesman Jay Carney will hold his daily press conference as usual.
"The AP twitter account has been hacked," the news cooperative said moments after the incident. "The tweet about an attack at the White House is false. We will advise more as soon as possible."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/23/hackers-break-into-associated-press-twitter-account/#ixzz2RJL0FA7E

Jonny7

It's a hacked AP twitter

mikom

Jonny7 wrote: »

It's a hacked Reuters twitter

AP

EDDIE WATERS

It was Obama after a night out on the Guinness

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Sh1t, someone dropped the fun snaps again!

expectationlost

RT @AP: Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured

there was interesting photo of obama at this desk and under his chair and desk was a clear panel perhaps a bomb proof protection for the president http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/2013/04/15/pic-of-president-obama-being-briefed-on-boston-marathon-bombing/

this is what happened to the stock market after the tweet https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/326746632995622912/photo/1

13spanner

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/hacked-ap-twitter-account-reports-two-explosions-at-white-house-and-obama-injured-29217067.html

Independent.ie link.

The Dow Jones dropped 150 points because of a bogus Tweet no more than 140 characters long.

Crazy shít.

Arpa

Here's that link to Reuters

http://rt.com/usa/hackers-associated-press-obama-282/

Arpa

expectationlost wrote: »

there was interesting photo of obama at this desk and under his chair and desk was a clear panel perhaps a bomb proof protection for the president

Looks like a bit of perplex* so he can slide his chair around, no fun on carpet...need something slippy...weeeee!!!!

*perspex

Peppa Pig

expectationlost wrote: »

there was interesting photo of obama at this desk and under his chair and desk was a clear panel perhaps a bomb proof protection for the president

Looks like it's to prevent the wheels of the chair from digging into the carpet

Mr Simpson

expectationlost wrote: »

there was interesting photo of obama at this desk and under his chair and desk was a clear panel perhaps a bomb proof protection for the president

Or to protect the expensive carpet from the wheels on his chair

Senna

WW3 will start over Kim Jong-il Facebook account getting hacked.

YellowFeather

Nice ninja edit OP!! :P

Gosub

13spanner wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/hacked-ap-twitter-account-reports-two-explosions-at-white-house-and-obama-injured-29217067.html

Independent.ie link.

The Dow Jones dropped 150 points because of a bogus Tweet no more than 140 characters long.

Crazy shít.

Just makes you wonder. If a fella knew this was going to happen, how much money would the fella make. A) Lots, Tonnes or C) Squillions?

It looks like a good scam to me.

Fr_Dougal

Would this be one of dem false flag operations?

Mr Simpson

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Would this be one of dem false flag operations?

No

Lapin

YellowFeather wrote: »

Nice ninja edit OP!! :P

Had to be done.

expectationlost wrote: »

there was interesting photo of obama at this desk and under his chair and desk was a clear panel perhaps a bomb proof protection for the president http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/2013/04/15/pic-of-president-obama-being-briefed-on-boston-marathon-bombing/

Referred to by White House insiders as

The Floor

.

Arpa

Arpa wrote: »

Here's that link to Reuters

http://rt.com/usa/hackers-associated-press-obama-282/

That's actually Russia Today

Prodigious

Could have been a stunt for some big men to make some money on stocks.

Seachmall

I think it's amazing that a bored teenager can have such an influence over the stock market.

bnt

Sounds like a stunt to promote the movie Olympus Has Fallen, which is about an attack on the White House. There's a second "attack on the White House" on the way, too - White House Down is due out in June in the USA. Guerilla promotion gone worng?