• Sneaky hacker subtly slips convincing but fake news stories onto Reuters Twitter account
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[quote=This is what OP originally said][img]http://puu.sh/1b50r[/img] [url]https://twitter.com/Reuters[/url] Sure had me fooled for a minute there! News organisations' websites/twitters/whatevers seem to get hacked pretty much weekly these days[/quote] [B]--- UPDATE ---[/B] It's not actually fake! I WAS THROWN BY THEIR STYLE OF REPORTING WOOPS
Imagine if there was a coordinated thing where a bunch of different accounts were hacked and all reported roughly the same story, it could cause an information cascade and potentially lead to an actual skirmish
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;37898057]Imagine if there was a coordinated thing where a bunch of different accounts were hacked and all reported roughly the same story, it could cause an information cascade and potentially lead to an actual skirmish[/QUOTE] i'm pretty sure major world powers have their shit together enough to check sources other than twitter before they press the big red button
ww3 caused by every1 saying nukes had been launched
[QUOTE=Kopimi;37898065]i'm pretty sure major world powers have their shit together enough to check sources other than twitter before they press the big red button[/QUOTE] No, I'm talking about say an individual group of soldiers near the border, they might panic and do something stupid.
Oh shit [editline]3rd October 2012[/editline] Al Jazeera now reporting the same story [editline]3rd October 2012[/editline] Ok this is pretty funny that I thought it was fake
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;37898099]No, I'm talking about say an individual group of soldiers near the border, they might panic and do something stupid.[/QUOTE] i guess if we're throwing all protocol and safeguards that militaries have to the wind then yes its possible a group of soldiers innocently checking twitter may go rogue and start a conflict
This still seems really fishy... but surely AJE haven't been hacked as well
Everyone is hacked Fox News is the only reliable source left
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19822253]Yep looks like this is actually true[/url] WELP
we could have prevented this you only had to listen
That guy must have been pretty damn excited while he was hammering those messages onto Twitter.
[QUOTE=Kopimi;37898141]i guess if we're throwing all protocol and safeguards that militaries have to the wind then yes its possible a group of soldiers innocently checking twitter may go rogue and start a conflict[/QUOTE] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov]wouldn't be unprecedented[/url]
[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/03/us-syria-crisis-turkey-strikes-idUSBRE89219920121003[/url] Shits hitting the fan.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;37898210][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov]wouldn't be unprecedented[/url][/QUOTE] what a scary thought, that a series of malfuctions or stream of false information could trigger a potential nuclear strike. is it too late for y2k
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