Breaking News: Now That's A Hack, My Friend

NEW YORK (AP) — Hackers broke into Fox's political Twitter account early Monday, posting updates saying President Barack Obama had been assassinated.

A series of six tweets coming from the FoxNewsPolitics account reported that Obama had been shot to death in Iowa and the shooter was unknown.

Obama's fine and getting ready for a barbecue.  Still, I'm impressed that whoever it was got through and away with it.  Of course, one thing about computer crime is that the tracks that are recorded can be traced, so it's too soon to say they really got away with it. 


This is another reminder that no matter how trustworthy the source, editors make mistakes and random weird lightning strikes can happen to anyone.  As a culture we are still migrating from a time when printed word was correct or held to a certain standard to our current melting pot of information.  A grain of salt for everyone, on the house.

[UPDATE] Zandar here.  The Secret Service would indeed like to have a little chat with the folks behind this.