Inside Clever Hack That Fooled AP And Caused DOW To Drop 150 Points

From businessinsider.com

Back in April, agents of the Syrian Electronic Army took control of the Associated Press official Twitter account and punched out a single tweet. "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama was injured" The AP Corporate Communications account quickly tried to mitigate the damage, tweeting, "That is a bogus @AP tweet." The initial tweet cost the DOW 150 points, which it later recovered when the news was rectified. Nonetheless, it was a huge PR victory for SEA. Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant — the company that outed China's super-secret military hacking unit — recently talked at a National Military ... (full story)