On American independence day, a series of tweets say president shot twice in Indiana restaurant and wishes his successor Joe Biden good luck.
The Fox News Twitter feed has reportedly been hacked Monday, with a series of tweets announcing that President Barack Obama had been assassinated.
The first tweet to announce the news that Obama had been shot dead were sent by @foxnewspolitics at approximately 2am local time to its feed’s 33,000 followers, a blog on the website of the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper reported. The tweets were rapidly shared on the internet, the Guardian News blog said.
The rogue tweets appeared after @foxnewspolitics said that Fox News had just "regained full access to our Twitter account," according to the Guardian News blog.
The first tweet announced “The president is dead,” and was followed by a second tweet describing the nature of the alleged shooting:
"Barack Obama has just passed. The President is dead. A sad 4th of July,
indeed. President Barack Obama is dead… Nearly 45 minutes ago, he was shot twice in the lower pelvic area and in the neck; shooter unknown. Bled out."
These were followed by more tweets confirming the supposed shooting at an Iowa restaurant, and congratulating Joe Biden on his new role as President of the United States:
“We wish @joebiden the best of luck as our new President of the United States. In such a time of madness, there's light at the end of tunnel."
After the rogue tweets went viral, Fox News was apparently back in control of its Twitter feed, although the channel was not available for comment, the Guardian News blog reported.
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Washington - The Secret Service said Monday it will investigate the hacking of Fox’s political Twitter account over updates claiming that President Barack Obama had been assassinated.
Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie says the law enforcement agency whose job it is to protect the president will conduct a probe of the false postings and that “we will conduct the appropriate follow up.”
Hackers broke into the FoxNewsPolitics account early Monday, leaving a series of six tweets reporting that Obama had been shot to death in Iowa and the shooter was unknown.
In a statement posted on its website, Fox News called the tweets “malicious” and “false.”
“We will be requesting a detailed investigation from Twitter about how this occurred, and measures to prevent future unauthorized access into FoxNews.com accounts,” said Jeff Misenti, vice president and general manager of Fox News Digital.
Obama is spending the Independence Day holiday at a barbecue at the White House with military families and administration staffers.
Fox’s political Twitter account has more than 34,000 followers
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