Hackers plant Obama murder tweets

Hackers broke into the US Fox News political Twitter account and posted messages saying President Barack Obama had been assassinated.

Hackers plant Obama murder tweets
Mon, 04 Jul, 2011 - 16:00

Hackers broke into the US Fox News political Twitter account and posted messages saying President Barack Obama had been assassinated.

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

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