The Twitter accounts of United Press International and the New York Post appeared to have been hacked Friday afternoon after the accounts began tweeting about the breakout of “World War III.”
In identical tweets, the accounts @UPI, @NYPost and @NYPostBiz began sending out news alerts that a Chinese military ship had fired at a US vessel and that the pope had declared “World War III has begun.”
As of Friday afternoon, the New York Post accounts had deleted the hacked tweets, while UPI’s remain published.
BREAKING: Chinese anti-ship missile fired at USS George Washington.
— UPI.com (@UPI) January 16, 2015
BREAKING: Chinese anti-ship missile fired at USS George Washington.
— UPI.com (@UPI) January 16, 2015
Pope: “World War III has begun” pic.twitter.com/Jgfb8KZvgc
— UPI.com (@UPI) January 16, 2015
Another twitter hack? Is this a status thing for hackers? Does it give them hack cred? Possibly.
Will it help them move out of their parent’s basement and get a date with a real live woman? Not so much.
Fixed the first paragraph for you.
"Twitter appeared to have been hacked Friday afternoon after the accounts of United Press International and the New York Post began tweeting about the breakout of “World War III.”
This is a Twitter issue.
Maybe they’re hoping that with a full-scale World War III panic, they can convince some poor lass that Mom’s basement is the safest place on earth?
Or a twit issue.
That’s the best they could come up with? Lame.