Twitter owned by NBC News was hijacked by unknown group. Account was used to spread false news recurrence of 9 / 11 attacks in New York.
Was carried out Hoax group called Script Kiddies two days before the 10th anniversary attack on the twin towers in New York. Similarly Aspirerich.blogspot.com quoted by Reuters on Sunday (09/11/2011).
"NBC News Twitter account has been hacked this afternoon, thus spreading false reports about the attack aircraft to ground zero on account @ NBCNews follower," said an official NBC statement.
Account has been frozen while it later. But the perpetrator is believed to have had time to catapult three false tweet.
His first message reads like this: Breaking News! Ground Zero has just been attacked. Flight 5736 has crashed into the site, suspected hijacking. more as the story develops.
(Tr.: Breaking News! Ground Zero had been attacked. Flight 5736 had dropped to the location, suspected of piracy. Look forward to further news.)
In the next tweet, Script Kiddies team claimed responsibility for the tweet false. This action has been called by various parties as a joke 'cruel', 'disgusting' and 'insensitive'.
Was carried out Hoax group called Script Kiddies two days before the 10th anniversary attack on the twin towers in New York. Similarly Aspirerich.blogspot.com quoted by Reuters on Sunday (09/11/2011).
"NBC News Twitter account has been hacked this afternoon, thus spreading false reports about the attack aircraft to ground zero on account @ NBCNews follower," said an official NBC statement.
Account has been frozen while it later. But the perpetrator is believed to have had time to catapult three false tweet.
His first message reads like this: Breaking News! Ground Zero has just been attacked. Flight 5736 has crashed into the site, suspected hijacking. more as the story develops.
(Tr.: Breaking News! Ground Zero had been attacked. Flight 5736 had dropped to the location, suspected of piracy. Look forward to further news.)
In the next tweet, Script Kiddies team claimed responsibility for the tweet false. This action has been called by various parties as a joke 'cruel', 'disgusting' and 'insensitive'.
