The Syrian Electronic Army claimed credit for hacking the Associated Press Twitter account Tuesday afternoon. A faked post on AP’s Twitter’s feed claimed two explosions in the White House had injured President Obama. Twitter suspended the affected accounts and returned them to their rightful operators. Security experts continue to urge Twitter users to use complex, unique passwords for the social media site. The group’s Twitter account takeovers have largely focused on news targets, including CBS and the World Cup. Security expert: “You have to wonder how long before that one is also shut down by Twitter’s security team””]
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