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Hijacked Fox News Twitter Account Falsely Claims Obama Shot Dead

Frankie70 writes with word of a Twitter-account hijacking that's raised eyebrows today, supplying a link to the account in question. From the Telegraph's account: "'The Twitter account of the American Fox News Politics team was compromised and used to falsely announce the death of the U.S. president. Hackers, who identified themselves as 'The Script Kiddies' and said they shared the spirit of prominent hacking group Anonymous, used the account to write: 'BREAKING NEWS: President @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too much. It's a sad 4th for #america. #obamadead RIP.'"

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  1. Re:false flag! by RivenAleem · · Score: 0, Troll

    I support the idea of a Fox News kill switch.

  2. Re:HOW? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Tell me, Sherlock, how do I determine that I shouldn't read a post?

  3. Re:ironically it's not far from the truth... by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 0, Troll

    Tax revenue raises itself, when the economy grows, and is more likely to do if the economy isn't being bled by government and kept from growing. It isn't a zero-sum game. That's something that people like you will never figure out, though.

    Just rely on the people in Washington. They'll fix everything.

  4. Re:Why aren't they deleted yet? by DMoylan · · Score: 0, Troll

    because announcing that obama is alive and well and still running the us of a goes against everything they believe in? :-)