Washington: Hackers took over a politics
Twitter feed belonging to US broadcaster Fox News announcing
that President Barack Obama had been shot dead on America`s
national day.
The @foxnewspolitics feed stated: "@BarackObama has
just passed. The President is dead. A sad 4th of July, indeed.
President Barack Obama is dead."
Just an hour before the message, there was a post
"Just regained full access to our Twitter and email. Happy
4th". July 4 is America`s national day.
Even nearly three hours after the last twitter update
on the account wishing luck to the "new" President John Biden,
none of the messages have been removed.
Reporting that hackers have taken over a Twitter
account belonging to Fox News, BBC said a group or individual,
calling themselves `The Script Kiddies` appeared to claim
responsibility.
Fox News Politics is one of the Twitter accounts
associated with the industry-leading cable news network, the
BBC said adding its Twitter account carries the "verified"
tick icon, indicating that the feed belongs to the
organisation it claims to be.
The twitter account that one get to see on the
channels website @FoxNews follows the account of
@foxnewspolitics.
BBC said it is unclear why Fox News has been attacked
in this instance. "However, the broadcaster`s conservative
stance has made it unpopular with many Americans."
Fox News is said to be the most watched cable news
network in the United States, with its prime time shows
attracting almost two million viewers, well ahead of rivals
CNN and MSNBC.
An attack on another Fox Entertainment Group website,
Fox.com was the first confirmed hit by hacker group Lulz
Security in May 2011, BBC said.
PTI
