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| AP Twitter account hacked in fake 'White House blasts' post | AP Twitter account hacked in fake 'White House blasts' post |
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| The Associated Press has said its Twitter account has been hacked, after the posting of a bogus post about explosions at the White House. | The Associated Press has said its Twitter account has been hacked, after the posting of a bogus post about explosions at the White House. |
| The news agency's account was suspended and it has advised all tweets should be ignored until further notice. | The news agency's account was suspended and it has advised all tweets should be ignored until further notice. |
| The false message said: "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured." | The false message said: "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured." |
| US markets were spooked by the tweet; the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 150 points as it was retweeted. | US markets were spooked by the tweet; the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 150 points as it was retweeted. |
| White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters soon after the tweet was published that President Obama was fine, and financial markets quickly recovered the lost ground. | White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters soon after the tweet was published that President Obama was fine, and financial markets quickly recovered the lost ground. |
| AP said later: "The @AP twitter account has been hacked. The tweet about an attack at the White House is false." | AP said later: "The @AP twitter account has been hacked. The tweet about an attack at the White House is false." |
| The agency said the attack came after repeated attempts by hackers to steal the passwords of AP journalists, adding that it was working to correct the issue. | The agency said the attack came after repeated attempts by hackers to steal the passwords of AP journalists, adding that it was working to correct the issue. |
| AP reporter Mike Baker tweeted: "The @AP hack came less than an hour after some of us received an impressively disguised phishing email." | |
| No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack; Twitter has yet to comment. | |
| The tweet hack was the latest in a string of attacks on US media outlets. | The tweet hack was the latest in a string of attacks on US media outlets. |
| Two CBS news programmes' Twitter accounts were suspended after fake messages appearing on the @60Minutes account criticised US support for "terrorist" rebels in Syria. | |
| A group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for hijacking the accounts. | A group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for hijacking the accounts. |