A series of wiseguy tweets intended to spur international chaos or something have been posted at the official Twitter feed for United Press International.
If you’ve gone through the trouble and legal ramifications of gaining control of an international media feed, you’ve got to bring it with better material than this. The “banking holiday” tweet, the first hacker offering, wasn’t going to fly with anyone, damaging credibility of the rest. Nothing has been posted in over 30 minutes, so order has likely been restored:
JUST IN: Bank of America CEO calls for calm: Savings accounts will not be affected by federal reserve decision.
— UPI.com (@UPI) January 16, 2015
Pope: “World War III has begun” pic.twitter.com/Jgfb8KZvgc
— UPI.com (@UPI) January 16, 2015
JUST IN: Xi Jinping: Obama “condemned” for Asia pivot, “has forced China to protect its interests through military means”.
— UPI.com (@UPI) January 16, 2015
US Joint Chief of staff: USS George Washington damaged, US navy now engaged in active combat against Chinese vessels in South China sea.
— UPI.com (@UPI) January 16, 2015
BREAKING: Chinese anti-ship missile fired at USS George Washington.
— UPI.com (@UPI) January 16, 2015
BREAKING: Federal Reserve announces banking holiday for the week ending January 23rd.
— UPI.com (@UPI) January 16, 2015
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