NBC News' Twitter Account Hacked

[DToTheJ]

And with the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks right around the corner, not in a very, very good way.
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/nbc-news-gets-twitter-hacked_b50094

 

[LibertyNT]

That's a bit tasteless.

 

[azumanga]

That's a bit tasteless.

Number one -- it is indeed tasteless.

Number two, the hacker forgot to insert the most crucial information that would have made it believable -- the airlines. All that were mentioned were the flight numbers. Speaking of which, the flight numbers were high four-digit numbers, which are generally used for short haul flights, most often on smaller jets and prop planes. United flight 93 was a transcontinental flight from Newark to San Francisco -- "Flight 5736" is more fitting for a prop plane flight from Newark to Binghamton.

 

[Markxxx]

Well that's what they get for for having N-B-C as their password and forgetting to change it when Comcast bought them out ;D

 

[JeeperOne]

Well that's what they get for for having N-B-C as their password and forgetting to change it when Comcast bought them out ;D

Yeah. Now they'll have to be more creative like ordinary people ;D

I just bet Fox News is laughing right now.....

Cheers & 73

 

[PTBoardOp94]

I just bet Fox News is laughing right now.....

Considering the same thing happened to Fox News on the fourth of July (a hacker tweeted that President Obama had been shot, I believe), they probably weren't laughing too loud.

 

[Darth_vader]

Re: NBC News' Twitter File Altered by Unauthorised Person

What's really tasteless is that you're all blaming this on hackers. Blaming us as though we'd actually do meaningless, counterproductive stuff like this. This is NOT, repeat NOT what real hackers do, plain and simple.

Shame on you all.....

 

[JeeperOne]

Re: NBC News' Twitter File Altered by Unauthorised Person

What's really tasteless is that you're all blaming this on hackers. Blaming us as though we'd actually do meaningless, counterproductive stuff like this. This is NOT, repeat NOT what real hackers do, plain and simple.

WAIT A MINUTE.....HOLD ON

Whoever did it HAD to have some hacking skills. Not even you can deny that

Shame on you all.....

Before you go blaming society for the woes that so-called "Real" hackers supposedly have, dontcha think you wait till we know whether (Or not) one of your computer-hacking so-called "Friends" were even involved??

Cheers & 73

 

[Tom Wells]

Popular or not, twitter and such totally public-directed info sites shouldn't be expected to
be any more believable than than any other rumor mill.
There can be good information, and there can be utter misinformation.
CB radio was much like this in the late 70s.
To hear that NBC is using Twitter is kinda like hearing that the President of Chase Manhattan Bank
wears those athlectic shoes that light up and have wheels in heel.

Serves 'em right...

Tasteless messages? It's like the CB, where the worst in human nature is displayed.
Why would major networks want to lower themselves? I know..... popularity, but
it's too much like wishing to be something you're not.

It would be a great time for a competitor to use the opportunity to discredit Twitter AND NBC.

 

[gregg75]

Don't think I'd want to be connected to NBC's twitter account. They probably send
out 10 or more useless twits a day. Sounds more annoying than anything else.

 

[Markxxx]

Don't think I'd want to be connected to NBC's twitter account. They probably send
out 10 or more useless twits a day. Sounds more annoying than anything else.

I agree things like this start out as good ideas but get annoying fast. I remember 10 years ago, I signed up for CNN email alerts after 9-11. The first week was fine, then slowly over the next month, each email alert was less important and within a month they were mostly just average stories.

 

[TheRob]

I suspect everyone knew immediately the NBC News tweet about the crash was a hack job. I told my followers, "if that had really happened, network receivers in every TV station would be going crazy right now."

Generally, newsroom Twitter accounts are useless; they only send links to increase traffic for the website. It is more insightful to follow the individual journalist.