The NBCNews Twitter Feed has been hacked by The Script Kiddies

[Ian David]

Source: NBCNews

They've been tweeting news of fake terror attacks.

Thought I should put this in LBN for extra visibility, to avoid panic.

http://twitter.com/#!/NBCNews




Read more: http://twitter.com/#!/search/nbcnews

[krispos42]

1. That's in really bad taste.

NBC News
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NBCNEWS hacked by The Script Kiddies. Follow them at @s_kiddies!
12 minutes ago

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This is not a joke, Ground Zero has just been attacked. We're attempting to get reporters on the scene. #groundzeroattacked
14 minutes ago

NBC News
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Flight 4782 is not responding, suspected hijacking. One plane just hit Ground Zero site at 5:47. #groundzeroattacked
16 minutes ago

NBC News
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Breaking News! Ground Zero has just been attacked. Flight 5736 has crashed into the site, suspected hijacking. more as the story develops.
20 minutes ago

NBC News
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Dow ends week with 300-point fall, clouded by concerns about European debt and U.S. joblessness. STORY: on.msnbc.com/oNQGaQ
56 minutes ago

*sigh* can't they make up some fake news about Salma Hayek or something instead?

[Ian David]

7. I know. It's not what *I* would do if I'd hacked the NBC Feed

Here is what *MY* fake NBC News Twitter Feed would look like...

NBC News
Al Gore has purchased MSNBC and named Keith Olbermann as the new CEO.
12 minutes ago

NBC News
Chris Matthews has petitioned a judge to have his name legally changed to "Tweety."
12 minutes ago

NBC News
Google Santorum
12 minutes ago

[kestrel91316]

2. Who are the Script Kiddies and why should I give a rat's ass about them?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. what a shitty joke

k and r get this out there before somebody falls for it

[Iliyah]

4. Sick

motherfuckers

[DeepModem Mom]

5. MSNBC just confirmed on air. NBC News Twitter hacked. Terror report false.

[polmaven]

6. The NBC account has suspended

to prevent continued hacking.

[saras]

8. I absolutely LOVE their name - it makes their point better than the tweets

...and what is their point, you might ask?

Their point is that script kiddies, that is, ignorant uninformed people with no more real knowledge of computer security than a teenager can glean from the Internet in a few months, can hack things like this - and perhaps you should wonder whether more competent people are doing more advanced things that you're not noticing.

Anonymous is trying to be scary - you don't know who they are, or how many, but the name implies they could be anywhere. The Script Kiddies make it perfectly clear that it DOESN'T MATTER. If someone wants something hacked, it will get hacked. This isn't limited to computers, it's pretty much a universal truth of technology. And it's NOT HARD. It only appears hard to people who cultivate a lack of understanding of their world on a consistent basis.

But as far as I'm concerned personally, anything of any sort that reduces the respect that corporate media is held in, is a good thing. Think of it as another form of whistleblowing. Being a whistleblower is almost always against the law, and always against the employment contract you have with your employer. But it's also almost always the right thing to do, irrespective of this.

[Ian David]

9. STATEMENT BY NBC NEWS ON @NBCNEWS TWITTER ACCOUNT HACKING

09 Sep 2011 6:23 PM
STATEMENT BY NBC NEWS ON @NBCNEWS TWITTER ACCOUNT HACKING

"The NBC News twitter account was hacked late this afternoon and as a result, false reports of a plane attack on ground zero were sent to @NBCNews followers. We are working with Twitter to correct the situation and sincerely apologize for the scare that could have been caused by such a reckless and irresponsible act."

More:
http://www.nbcuniversal.presscentre.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=6452&NewsAreaId=2