Current Event #6

Associated Press's tweet was hacked causing the nation to panic. The fake tweet said, "BREAKING: Two Explosions in the White House and barack Obama is injured"The Syrian Electronic Army has claimed responsibility but there is no specific individual yet. The tweet was sent out at 1:07 p.m. and caused the Dow Jones average to fall 150 points in a matter of two minutes. The losses were regained shortly after the Associated Press announced they had been hacked.

People are on edge after the past week's traumatic events. President Obama being targeted and damage to the White House would throw the country into chaos. The AP twitter account has almost 2 million followers so the fake information reached tons of people in seconds.

I think big name social media accounts should be extra protected because of their responsibility to report accurate information to the general public. People in America today are still recovering from last week's disastrous events and if the fake tweet were to be true it would be another rough week.
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