www.theverge.com/2013/4/23/4257392/ap-tw...se-president-injured


thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/h...ions-at-white-house/

BREAKING
AP Twitter account hacked, makes false claim of explosions at White House (update)
By Chris Welch on April 23, 2013 01:16 pm Email @chriswelch 84COMMENTS



Anyone that follows the Associated Press on Twitter just heard "news" of an unprecedented national crisis. "Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured," the AP's account tweeted moments ago. Thankfully onlookers were quick to call the tweet fake, no doubt aided by the fact that no other news agencies are reporting a dire situation at the White House. The formatting is also uncharacteristic of the style guide-enforcing AP, with a bizarre capitalization of "Explosions" and a reference to the president by his first name. The news wire has since confirmed its account has been hijacked, referring to the tweet in question as "bogus."

I wonder what the purpose was. Just a shits and giggles by the sound of it.


*edit. Reading your link I am not so sure it was a laugh since it appears that shit has an effect on the stock market.

From the New York Times:


A group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the attack. The group’s Twitter account is linked to the Web site Syrianelectronicarmy.com, an Arabic language Web site that broadcasts what the group says are its latest computer attacks. Even as the Twitter accounts for @AP and @AP_Mobile were suspended Tuesday afternoon, the Syrian Electronic Army was posting."


Hope market remains stable i-baster, you're Right about that.

This is not a joke, AP was hacked, it came out on TV news just now.

On Tuesday, the Associated Press tweeted that an explosion ... AP Twitter account hacked ...

The Associated Press's Twitter feed was hacked on Tuesday with a fake message to its 1.9 ...

gigaom.com/2013/04/24/ap-returns-to-twit...2-million-followers/

mobile.twitter.com/AP/status/327040875660201986