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FBI Investigating NBC Twitter Hack

FBI Investigating NBC Twitter Hack Created by MG1 on Sep 13, 2011

The FBI is now investigating a Friday hack of the NBC News Twitter account, which falsely tweeted about an attack at Ground Zero.
At this point, the FBI is gathering information and has provided no additional details, according to MSNBC.
The fake tweets appeared on the NBC feed just days before the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and during a period of increased security in New York thanks to reports of possible 9/11 anniversary attacks.
"Breaking News! Ground Zero has just been attacked. Flight 5736 has crashed into the site, suspected hijacking. more as the story develops," read the first tweet. "Flight 4782 is not responding, suspected hijacking. One plane ju... »read more

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