Fox News's hacked Twitter feed declares Obama dead

The Guardian ^ | 7/4/11

[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.

[Carry_Okie]

What do you bet the hacker was a Marxist?

[jetson]

Not much would change.

[mad_as_he$$]

Why? The war is going to happen. At this point I don't care much how it starts. I just want it finished, what is going on now is just annoying baiting.

[houeto]

Now THAT is just plain weird!

[theDentist]

Agreed, but there's also possibility that it was found using some password script. One thing about large organizations is that if many people from many different groups need access to the same account (like a twitter account) the password is often simple, seldom changed, and far too easily provided to non-authorized users.

Fully agree though, that it's going to be found to be a small group of kids with short-sighted liberal beliefs behind it. And I expect one of them will be in the Ohio town where the restaurant resides.

[don-o]

Look for the hacker(s) to get a “friendly visit” from the secret service.

Ya think????

[mad_as_he$$]

Interestingly enough if it was one of the Anonymous crew there is very little chance they will be caught. Even some basement hackers have reached very high levels of op security.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

It wouldn’t surprise me if there were riots in the big cities in November, 2012, when Obama loses re-election.

[chargers fan]

You ever see the scene about passwords in Spaceballs?

[theDentist]

Minor correction for my prev post... the restaurant is in Iowa. I think one of the hackers will have been a customer.

Ross's... 430 14th St, Bettendorf, IA.
Apparently he was there a couple days ago ordering 4 "Magic Mountain" sandwiches which no doubt Michelle would find quite distressing.

[DAC21]

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

No doubt, but it wouldn't be good for the masses to know this, hence the O’bongo / Soros cabal won’ let the FBI get that information out.

[stratman1969]

Or a Soros linked organization (hint: Media Matters, MoveOn.org)

[Biggirl]

You got a comment there. I sense if there is ANY TROUBLE, it will be during the 24 hours in November of 2012 when Obama loses re-election. Plus also efforts to try to “steal the election.”

[Biggirl]

Well THANKS to Drudge, it is already on his site:

http://mashable.com/2011/07/04/hackers-break-into-fox-news-account-tweet-fake-obama-assassination-news/

[bgill]

Seal falling off of podium, seal flying off the beastmobile, beastmobile running aground at embassy in Ireland, rats, flies, storms, volcanoes, and now twitter chatter about Obama falling... The usurper sure is an omen generator.

He claimed his middle name was Steve but he lied, again. It's really Damien.

[Doofer]

Well, Fox is FULL of LIBERALS!!!

You got that right...

[crosshairs]

Don’t want to start gangs of black youths attacking white people unnecessarily. /sarc

[rabidralph]

Yes, it’s like Fast and Furious Gunrunner all over again. Create a problem and then twist the source as the cause of the problem.

[Biggirl]

Create a problem to blame others for.

[TribalPrincess2U]

And why Fox?

Only leftist hate Fox because they’re not entirely in the leftist tank.