A Rupert Murdoch owned TV station has seen their Twitter account taken over with the message ‘President Obama is dead’ distributed to millions.
A Rupert Murdoch owned TV station has seen their Twitter account taken over with the message ‘President Obama is dead’ distributed to millions.
The @foxnewspolitics feed in the USA stated: “BREAKING NEWS: @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too much.”
More than two hours after the malicious postings appeared, they had still not been removed.
A group or individual, calling themselves The Script Kiddies appeared to claim responsibility.
Fox News said it was investigating the posts.
The bizarre messages began appearing around 07.00 BST on July 4.
The first read: “Just regained full access to our Twitter and email. Happy 4th.”
The next posting stated: “@BarackObama has just passed. The President is dead.”
