[ NNSquad ] Inexcusable: AP Twitter feed hacked to falsely claim White House bombed and Obama injured, Dow falls in seconds

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Inexcusable: AP Twitter feed hacked to falsely claim White House
bombed and Obama injured, Dow falls in seconds

http://j.mp/Y1TRpb  (Social Zoo)

    The Twitter account of the Associated Press (AP) was hacked this
    afternoon.  Hackers Tweeted the message, "Breaking: Two Explosions in
    the White House and Barack Obama is injured" at 1:07 Eastern time.

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Even without 2-factor authentication, if AP was exercising proper care
it should not have been possible for their Twitter account to be
hacked this way.  This is inexcusable.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
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