| Filename | Hacked Twitter account of The Associated Press posted bogus report of attack at White House |
| Permission | rw-r--r-- |
| Author | Unknown |
| Date and Time | 4/24/2013 |
| Label | Cyber News |
| Action |
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./Arizona Team
The Associated Press Twitter account has been hacked,and posted a bogus post about explosions at the White House and Barack Obama is injured. Within a few minutes, Twitter suspended the account, and Julie Pace, the chief White House correspondent for The A.P., announced at a White House briefing that the account had been hacked.
"The president is fine," spokesman Jay Carney said. "I was just with him." AP said later: "The @AP twitter account has been hacked. The tweet about an attack at the White House is false."
The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility, tweeting out: "Ops! @AP get owned by Syrian Electronic Army! #SEA #Syria #ByeByeObama." Last year, it took over Twitter and Facebook accounts of the Al Arabiya news channel to spread fake news of a coup and explosion in Qatar, which sides with the Syrian rebels.
Shortly after the account was suspended, Mike Baker, a reporter for the news organization, posted a message saying that the attack may have originated with a spear-phishing campaign, in which attackers send a cleverly disguised e-mail from a friend, or work contact, that contains a malicious link or attachment.
Accounts may become compromised if you've entrusted your username and password to a malicious third-party application or website, if your Twitter account is vulnerable due to a weak password, if viruses or malware on your computer are collecting passwords, or if you're on a compromised network.
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./Arizona Team
The Associated Press Twitter account has been hacked,and posted a bogus post about explosions at the White House and Barack Obama is injured. Within a few minutes, Twitter suspended the account, and Julie Pace, the chief White House correspondent for The A.P., announced at a White House briefing that the account had been hacked.
"The president is fine," spokesman Jay Carney said. "I was just with him." AP said later: "The @AP twitter account has been hacked. The tweet about an attack at the White House is false."
The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility, tweeting out: "Ops! @AP get owned by Syrian Electronic Army! #SEA #Syria #ByeByeObama." Last year, it took over Twitter and Facebook accounts of the Al Arabiya news channel to spread fake news of a coup and explosion in Qatar, which sides with the Syrian rebels.
Shortly after the account was suspended, Mike Baker, a reporter for the news organization, posted a message saying that the attack may have originated with a spear-phishing campaign, in which attackers send a cleverly disguised e-mail from a friend, or work contact, that contains a malicious link or attachment.
Accounts may become compromised if you've entrusted your username and password to a malicious third-party application or website, if your Twitter account is vulnerable due to a weak password, if viruses or malware on your computer are collecting passwords, or if you're on a compromised network.
www.arizonainfotech.com
CEH CHFI ECSA ENSA CCNA CCNA SECURITY MCITP RHCE CLOUD ANDROID IPHONE NETWORKING HARDWARE TRAINING INSTITUTE IN PUNE