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Reuters hacked twice in 48 hours; pro-Syrian government stories, Tweets posted

posted onAugust 7, 2012
by l33tdawg

The Reuters news service suffered a second successful hacker attack this weekend, just 48 hours after a computer intruder was able to post fake news stories on its web site.  In Sunday's attack, a small Reuters Twitter feed -- @ReutersTech , with 17,000 followers -- was briefly controlled by hackers.

"Earlier today @ReutersTech was hacked and changed to @ReutersME," Reuters announced on its Twitter feed Sunday. "The account has been suspended and is currently under investigation."

An archive of posts made to the @ReutersMe account, viewable Monday on Topsy.com, show 22 rapid-fire Tweets were published on Sunday; some clearly contained pro-Syrian government messages, such as: "FSA commander Riyad Al Asaad states a tactical withdrawal from Aleppo imminent."

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