Hackers Break Into Fox News Account, Tweet Fake Obama Assassination News

Published on 07-04-2011 01:01 PM

A hacker group calling themselves Scriptkiddies has broken into one of Fox News’ Twitter accounts and used it to disseminate fake news about the assassination of president Obama.

The group gained control of @foxnewspolitics, bragging about it on several Twitter accounts (now suspended).
They didn’t stop there, though; after tweeting a suspicious message on the Fox News Politics account claiming the company had regained the control over that account, they started tweeting messages about a shooting in which President Obama was fatally wounded.

“BREAKING NEWS: President @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too much. It’s a sad 4th for #america. #obamadead RIP,” said one of the tweets.

The news is obviously fake: the main Fox News account says nothing about the shooting, and no other agencies or media outlets are reporting anything of the sort.
This is another one in a long string of hacking incidents which have grown increasingly common in the last couple of months. The group that hacked Fox News’ Twitter account doesn’t seem to be directly related to the two hacker groups that were in the spotlight lately — Anonymous and the recently disbanded LulzSec.

We’ve contacted Fox News for a comment, but haven’t yet heard from them.

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14 Comments

godofhell - 07-04-2011, 03:27 PM
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these stupid kids don't know when to stop. its all fun and games until they are getting ass raped in prison ... cause oh yeah .... hackers are a tough bunch

sandman_1 - 07-04-2011, 03:52 PM
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They don't realize that their actions are just going to cause governments to enact draconian measures to police the Internet.

bobbintb - 07-04-2011, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by godofhell

these stupid kids don't know when to stop. its all fun and games until they are getting ass raped in prison ... cause oh yeah .... hackers are a tough bunch

+1

heiska - 07-04-2011, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by godofhell

these stupid kids don't know when to stop. its all fun and games until they are getting ass raped in prison ... cause oh yeah .... hackers are a tough bunch

cry much.

it's the fucking internet, shit happens for the lulz, if you aren't amused just move on and stop taking it so personally. here's the real news btw: fox news are for dummies.

bobbintb - 07-05-2011, 12:18 AM
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youre an idiot. why dont you come back and comment after youve finished your primary education.

darkmawl - 07-05-2011, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by heiska

Originally Posted by godofhell

these stupid kids don't know when to stop. its all fun and games until they are getting ass raped in prison ... cause oh yeah .... hackers are a tough bunch

cry much.

it's the fucking internet, shit happens for the lulz, if you aren't amused just move on and stop taking it so personally. here's the real news btw: fox news are for dummies.

Real people work at the companies that get hit for the lulz. Real money has to be invested to investigate and fix what has been done. Real peoples accounts have been plunders for the lulz. People like you make me want to support tighter control of the internet. Poeple just think they can do whatever the fuck they want because it "just the internet", talking about it as if you can not actually hurt real human being in the process of your actions.

heiska - 07-05-2011, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by darkmawl

Originally Posted by heiska

cry much.

it's the fucking internet, shit happens for the lulz, if you aren't amused just move on and stop taking it so personally. here's the real news btw: fox news are for dummies.

Real people work at the companies that get hit for the lulz. Real money has to be invested to investigate and fix what has been done. Real peoples accounts have been plunders for the lulz. People like you make me want to support tighter control of the internet. Poeple just think they can do whatever the fuck they want because it "just the internet", talking about it as if you can not actually hurt real human being in the process of your actions.

it's just the internet, relax and go watch sum star wars with bob mkay?

sandman_1 - 07-05-2011, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by heiska

it's just the internet, relax and go watch sum star wars with bob mkay?

Maturity, you ought to try it sometime my friend.

heiska - 07-05-2011, 03:28 PM
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godofhell - 07-05-2011, 04:23 PM
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kids today are are just little fags that think they can do anything with no consequences.and i have a feeling that "heiska" would love being someones bitch in prison

heiska - 07-05-2011, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by godofhell

kids today are are just little fags that think they can do anything with no consequences.and i have a feeling that "heiska" would love being someones bitch in prison

File sharing. I hurd this wild rumor once: there r kids today doing it with no consequences like little fags ending up someones bitch in prison which i have a feeling that they probably just love being.

Hypocrisy.

godofhell - 07-05-2011, 05:59 PM
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i would love for a hacker to get your whole families information, ss number, credit cards and bank accounts and take everything they have. Then we'll see how smart your comments will be at file sharing forums asshole. Have fun living out of a cardboard box fag

mjmacky - 07-05-2011, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by bobbintb

youre an idiot. why dont you come back and comment after youve finished your primary education.

Do they teach things like capitalization and where to put an apostrophe in this primary education thing?

Originally Posted by godofhell

i would love for a hacker to get your whole families information, ss number, credit cards and bank accounts and take everything they have. Then we'll see how smart your comments will be at file sharing forums asshole. Have fun living out of a cardboard box fag

So far the lamest comment to be made here belongs to you. Trolls exist because of how easy it is to rile up your type, and bask in how you react like a child throwing a hissy fit.

heiska - 07-06-2011, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by godofhell

i would love for a hacker to get your whole families information, ss number, credit cards and bank accounts and take everything they have. Then we'll see how smart your comments will be at file sharing forums asshole. Have fun living out of a cardboard box fag

Trololololollol. Your ignorance is so hilarious I can't find the words to describe it, so here's a photo for you: