Cybersecurity
AP Twitter Account Hacked in Market-Moving Attack
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Hackers hijacked the Associated Press Twitter account yesterday, sending stock markets down 1 percent in a matter of seconds by posting a false claim of an attack on the White House.
The Twitter message -- saying that President Barack Obama had been injured after his residence was bombed -- followed repeated attempts by hackers to gain access to AP reporters’ passwords, the news agency said in a report. The AP restored the account this morning after it was suspended yesterday pending a security review.