Securities and Exchange Commission, who are looking into the incident. However, when asked for clarification, the AP refused any further comment, maybe on the advice of the FBI and the U.S. Facebook is also a Syrian conflict social battleground.Ī more intriguing statement in the AP story generated lot of speculation: “The attack on AP's Twitter account and the AP Mobile Twitter account was preceded by phishing attempts on AP's corporate network.” This suggests that someone in the AP downloaded a phish email ( seemingly confirmed by AP reporter Mike Baker) which led to the compromise of the AP Twitter accounts. Last August, there were a number of fake news stories published regarding the Syrian conflict as well. The SEA, which supports the Syrian Government, has taken credit for a number of recent Twitter account compromises, including the BBC, National Public Radio, CBS News and the President of FIFA. According to its own story posted last night, all of the AP's Twitter accounts (including its Mobile Twitter account) were suspended and it was “working to correct the issue.” The AP also stated that the “ Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the hack,” but added that, “This couldn’t be corroborated.” It took about three minutes for the tweet to be repudiated, and a bit longer for the AP to acknowledge that its Twitter account had indeed been compromised. There's also a lovely animated display of the “flash crash” by market research firm Nanex LLC.
The news immediately sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 143 points, as this graph at the London Telegraph shows. Yesterday, a “breaking news” tweet at 1:07 PM EDT from the Associated Press reported that two explosions had occurred at the White House and President Obama had been injured.
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