Hacking on Fox News Twitter reports Obama's death
Hackers took control of the Twitter account of FoxNews.com’s political news feed on Monday and sent several false tweets saying that President Barack Obama had been shot dead. “Those reports are incorrect, of course, and the president is spending the July 4 holiday with his family,” Foxnews.com said in a statement about the incident. “Hackers sent out several malicious and false tweets that President Obama had been assassinated,” said the company owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. “The hacking is being investigated, and FoxNews.com regrets any distress the false tweets may have created,” it said. Obama is celebrating the July 4 Independence holiday with his family at the White House and was due to host military families to watch Fourth of July fireworks in the evening. There was no immediate reaction from the White House and the Secret Service declined to comment. The first hacked tweet appeared around 2 a.m. and said: “@BarackObama has just passed. The...