The @NBCNews Twitter account was broken into by hackers after the email account associated with it was compromised through the use of a keylogger. Ryan Osborn, NBC Newss director of social media, could have been sent a spyware Trojan horse that grabbed passwords as they were typed at the keyboard. Osborn says that he recently received a suspicious email as Hurricane Irene approached New York. The email had the following characteristics The email was sent to Osborn as Irene approaches.”]
Source: https://grahamcluley.com/christmas-tree-trojan-blamed-for-nbc-news-twitter-hack/