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Twitter hackers take over AP account with false tweet

2013-04-23 21:16:55| InfoWorld: Top News

A tweet posted on the Associated Press account Tuesday reporting two explosions at the White House was bogus and is the result of a hack, the news organization said. "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured," said a tweet posted around 1 p.m. ET to the AP's Twitter feed.

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