Fox News Twitter Account HACKED: Barack Obama Is Dead: The Fox News Politics which has more than 34,100 Twitter followers tweeted some fake tweets saying that President Obama had been shot in the head and died, and that vice-president Joe Biden had been installed in his place “@BarackObama has just passed. The President is dead. A sad 4th of July, indeed. President Barack Obama is dead.”
In a statement posted on its website later Monday morning, Fox News called the tweets “malicious” and “false.” Foxnews.com said in a statement, “Those reports are incorrect, of course, and the president is spending the July 4 holiday with his family.”
In a statement posted on its website later Monday morning, Fox News called the tweets “malicious” and “false.” Foxnews.com said in a statement, “Those reports are incorrect, of course, and the president is spending the July 4 holiday with his family.”
The hackers also paid best wished for the new president who was replaced on President Obama seat. According to the the tweet, “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.”
The first of the false tweets about Obama were posted around 2 a.m. ET. The White House and Secret Service both declined to comment on the incident. “Hackers sent out several malicious and false tweets claiming that President Obama had been assassinated,” the website Foxnews.com says.
The first of the false tweets about Obama were posted around 2 a.m. ET. The White House and Secret Service both declined to comment on the incident. “Hackers sent out several malicious and false tweets claiming that President Obama had been assassinated,” the website Foxnews.com says.
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