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| BBC Northampton 'Trump shot' tweet blamed on hacker | |
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| A BBC Twitter account which reported Donald Trump had been shot had been hacked, the corporation has said. | A BBC Twitter account which reported Donald Trump had been shot had been hacked, the corporation has said. |
| The BBC Northampton tweet which went up at 10:52 GMT read: "Breaking News: President Trump is injured in arm by gunfire #Inauguration." | The BBC Northampton tweet which went up at 10:52 GMT read: "Breaking News: President Trump is injured in arm by gunfire #Inauguration." |
| The post was deleted shortly afterwards, but it had been retweeted. | The post was deleted shortly afterwards, but it had been retweeted. |
| A BBC spokesman confirmed the account had been hacked and said: "We are investigating and taking steps to ensure this does not happen again." | A BBC spokesman confirmed the account had been hacked and said: "We are investigating and taking steps to ensure this does not happen again." |
| Replies to the original included: "Are you sure?" and "Seems odd that little old BBC Northampton would be first with this news." | Replies to the original included: "Are you sure?" and "Seems odd that little old BBC Northampton would be first with this news." |
| A message posted on the Twitter account shortly after the initial Trump tweet read: "Message from OurMine: we detected unusual activity on this account, the account was hacked by someone and we are trying to fix the issue now." | A message posted on the Twitter account shortly after the initial Trump tweet read: "Message from OurMine: we detected unusual activity on this account, the account was hacked by someone and we are trying to fix the issue now." |
| The BBC asked US hacking group OurMine if it was responsible for the Trump tweet. | The BBC asked US hacking group OurMine if it was responsible for the Trump tweet. |
| A spokesman said: "We didn't hack it at the first time. We saw unusual activity on the account and we re-hacked it to make sure if the account was hacked or not, and unfortunately it was hacked. | A spokesman said: "We didn't hack it at the first time. We saw unusual activity on the account and we re-hacked it to make sure if the account was hacked or not, and unfortunately it was hacked. |
| "We just tweeted that someone hacked it. | "We just tweeted that someone hacked it. |
| "We never hack anyone for no reason. We are a security group." | "We never hack anyone for no reason. We are a security group." |
| BBC Northampton posted a message apologising and saying: "We do appear to have been hacked and are looking into how." | BBC Northampton posted a message apologising and saying: "We do appear to have been hacked and are looking into how." |
| In its statement the BBC said: "BBC Northampton's Twitter account was hacked this morning. | In its statement the BBC said: "BBC Northampton's Twitter account was hacked this morning. |
| "The tweet was removed quickly, as soon as we realised the situation. | "The tweet was removed quickly, as soon as we realised the situation. |
| "We are investigating and taking steps to ensure this does not happen again." | "We are investigating and taking steps to ensure this does not happen again." |