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Fox News's hacked Twitter feed declares Obama dead
The Guardian ^ | 7/4/11

Posted on 07/04/2011 2:53:54 AM PDT by markomalley

Rogue 4 July tweets on TV news channel's politics service go viral but Fox News is apparently back in control

Fox News has apparently fallen victim to hacking, with its politics Twitter feed repeatedly announcing President Barack Obama had been shot dead.

@foxnewspolitics began tweeting the information to its 33,000 followers at about 2am local time, with the posts rapidly being shared around the internet.

The rogue tweets appeared to begin after the account sent a message saying Fox had just "regained full access to our Twitter account".

The following tweets all related to the supposed death of Obama, with some posts being very specific about the president's injuries.

"@BarackObama has just passed. The President is dead. A sad 4th of July, indeed. President Barack Obama is dead," came the first tweet. The string of messages continued:

"@BarackObama has just passed. Nearly 45 minutes ago, he was shot twice in the lower pelvic area and in the neck; shooter unknown. Bled out", and then: "@BarackObama shot twice at a Ross' restaurant in Iowa while campaigning. RIP Obama, best regards to the Obama family."

Whatever the hoaxer's identity, they do not appear to have been entirely web-savvy. The first three posts revealing the president's death were directed to the @BarackObama Twitter feed, meaning only those following both accounts would have seen the messages.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: cracker; hacker; jackasses; juvenile; obamanotdead; stupid; unnecessary
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To: rintense

Why would a radical leftist group hack a leftist organization.


101 posted on 07/04/2011 5:57:10 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: markomalley

The hackers are going to make the acquaintance of the Secret Service, the FBI, and any other number of entities.


102 posted on 07/04/2011 5:58:55 AM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: arasina
Why would people "re-tweet" something like this without first checking its authenticity?

Because many members of the information generation have high technology and low IQs.

103 posted on 07/04/2011 5:59:26 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans freed the Slaves Month")
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To: livius

Exactly. But you know for a fact (again, as Ann Coulter points out repeatedly in her books) that liberals are slavering for something like this to use against conservatives and tea party members.

If they had any conscience, values or morals, they would be embarrassed or chagrined by the constant scorching of their faces with exploding cigars, but they have none of those characteristics, so they simply pick up and move on to something else when it turns out to be confirmed liberals...

Just like the “Drive By Media”. (Again, the redundancy)


104 posted on 07/04/2011 6:00:01 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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To: driftdiver

That’s what I’m saying. Fox was a deliberate target, and the tweet was intended to cause violence. What I’m more curious about is why any hacker would believe a liberal administration is in their best interest?


105 posted on 07/04/2011 6:01:14 AM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: Ann Archy
Why in the world would Tea Partyers get the blame for this??

Why would they and Sarah Palin be blamed for the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords?

106 posted on 07/04/2011 6:03:00 AM PDT by alnick
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To: Le Chien Rouge

I’d prefer him and most of his administration reading about our recovery from a prison cell.


107 posted on 07/04/2011 6:05:00 AM PDT by Quickgun (As a former fetus, I'm opposed to abortion. Mamas don't let your cowboys grow up to be babies..)
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To: markomalley; Chode
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108 posted on 07/04/2011 6:05:26 AM PDT by Morgana (I never said a thing.....................)
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To: kingu
> that tea party conservatives especially are violent and racist...

Probably so. The dinosaur media talking heads will, of course, conveniently omit that (a) conservatives/Tea Partiers are unlikely to waste their time hacking, and (b) if they were hackers, they certainly wouldn't focus their efforts on Fox News!

109 posted on 07/04/2011 6:05:36 AM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: Le Chien Rouge
I want Obama: 1) Live a long life

I want him to live to suffer through 1) a humiliating '12 election loss; 2) public disgrace after the full details emerge about his radical agenda and intentions to destroy the U.S.A.

110 posted on 07/04/2011 6:06:21 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: rintense

My guess is because most of this class of hackers are leftists themselves. They strive for attention and will use any reason to make people pay attention.

They would welcome any chaos their actions might cause.


111 posted on 07/04/2011 6:07:14 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Finally, an acknowledgment from Fox News:

FoxNews.com's Twitter feed for political news, FoxNewspolitics, was hacked early Monday morning.

Hackers sent out several malicious and false tweets claiming that President Obama had been assassinated. Those reports are incorrect, of course, and the president is spending the July 4 holiday with his family.

The hacking is being investigated, and FoxNews.com regrets any distress the false tweets may have created.


112 posted on 07/04/2011 6:10:56 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good-Pope Leo XIII)
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To: nickcarraway
Geez, nick, that's music to liberal ears. Anyone can be hacked. Anyone.
113 posted on 07/04/2011 6:12:38 AM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: wolficatZ
And the hacked messages are still online on Twitter!

It could be Fox/Twitter were told by Secret Service or FBI to let them stand while their techies looked into it.

114 posted on 07/04/2011 6:13:56 AM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: tet68

I guarantee that when they catch the kiddies, the kiddies will have liberal world views.


115 posted on 07/04/2011 6:17:09 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: driftdiver

What happened to the Patriot Hackers who retaliated against China back in 2001?


116 posted on 07/04/2011 6:19:44 AM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: Bluebird Singing

What I was thinking.....a liberal/democratic operative...

...or Soros!

To make conservatives look bad.


117 posted on 07/04/2011 6:25:54 AM PDT by luvie (RUN SARAH...R U N!!!)
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To: MindBender26
How does this happen?

Could be that their password was something like "FairAndBalanced" or "FoxTwitterFeed."

118 posted on 07/04/2011 6:26:12 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: markomalley

If something ever did happen to Barry, Fox would be too busy covering the killer skank mom to even notice.


119 posted on 07/04/2011 6:27:19 AM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: rlmorel

Exactly


120 posted on 07/04/2011 6:28:00 AM PDT by ecomcon
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