NFL Twitter hacked: CNBC reports boss Roger Goodell died (He's fine)

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The verified Twitter account of the National Football League was hacked on Tuesday and CNBC took the bait, announcing that commissioner Roger Goodell had died.

The NFL’s account sent a message stating, “We regret to inform our fans that our commissioner, Roger Goodell, has passed away. He was 57. #RIP.”

CNBC was all over it, running a breaking news banner on air three minutes later that Goodell passed away. Two minutes after that, the banner changed, now stating the NFL had deleted the tweet but nobody immediately mentioned it on air.

A few minutes after the banner changed, anchor Sue Herera broke into coverage to say the network confirmed from that it was a hack.

Meanwhile, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed the account was hacked and that Goodell is “alive and well.”

http://www.thewrap.com/nfl-twitter-hacked-cnbc-roger-goodell-died/

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Wow that is crazy and thank god he is still alive. But I would expect ESPN pundits or any Sports pundit to be all over Goodell though and declare the status of the NFL every time. I know Goodell is a political target among NFL Pundits. And his approval ratings revolve around what ESPN thinks of him.

 

[TheBigA]

Interesting during the NFL draft that every time he walked out to announce who a team had picked, he got boo'd. It became a running joke.

 

[umfan]

Remarkable that such a high profile account could be hacked.