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AP's hacked Twitter account tweets 'Two Explosions in White House'
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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 68379" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/aps-hacked-twitter-account-tweets-two-explosions-white-house-6C9560165" target="_blank">AP's hacked Twitter account tweets 'Two Explosions in White House'</a></span></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">After being compromised, the Associated Press' Twitter account posted "an erroneous tweet" claiming that two explosions occurred in the White House and that President Barack Obama is injured. Moments later, the @AP Twitter account was suspended as the false message continued to exist in over four thousand retweets.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">"That's a bogus tweet," an AP spokesperson initially told NBC News, as "AP Twitter" began to trend on the social network. "That's all I have for you right now."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">A wire statement issued later explained that the tweet "came after hackers made repeated attempts to steal the passwords of AP journalists."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">We've reached out to Twitter for additional comment. In the meantime, we do know that social media accounts associated with CBS News programs "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours" <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/cbs-news-says-some-its-twitter-accounts-were-hacked-6C9533058" target="_blank">were compromised on Saturday.</a> We do not know if Tuesday's compromise is related to Saturday's.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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