Twitter impostor: Hacked Reuters account says Washington, al-Qaeda allied
Just two days after phony posts appeared on Reuters’ blog, the agency’s Twitter account was also hacked. Once again, the hoax tweets informed readers of rebel losses in Syria, and reported fake White House admissions of supporting al-Qaeda.
Many of the tweets were sensational, but fraudulent statements coming out of the White House.
“Obama takes Al Qaeda off list of terrorist organisation, says Al Qaeda no longer a threat to US interests,” the Reuters Tech account tweeted Sunday..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://www.rt.com/news/reuters-twitter-account-hack-931/
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