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NBC News Twitter account hacked & post fake news of 9/11

Hackers break into Twitter account of NBC News and post messages claiming that Ground Zero has been attacked. Pranksters call themselves the’script kiddies’ The prank comes two days before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Luke Russert: “Please ignore NOT TRUE tweets coming from @NBCNews. We got hacked by tasteless despicable attention seeking criminals” Some experts suspect that script kiddie hackers are British although this had not been confirmed by the media or the public.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2011/09/nbc-news-twitter-account-hacked-post.html

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