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Twitter accounts for UPI, New York Post hacked

By Staff The Associated Press

Posted January 16, 2015 3:18 pm

Updated January 16, 2015 3:21 pm

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One of the messages sent out from UPI after their Twitter account was compromised Friday, Jan. 16. Screenshot

NEW YORK — A New York Post spokeswoman says some of the newspaper’s Twitter accounts were briefly hacked Friday.

The Twitter feed of United Press International sent out identical suspicious tweets Friday on false economic and military news.

Our Twitter account was briefly hacked and we are investigating.
— New York Post (@nypost) January 16, 2015

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And @UPI hacked as well, by the looks of it. Aside from China tweets, apparently Pope said "World War III has begun." pic.twitter.com/qOSMmROGBf
— Nick Logan (@nick_logan) January 16, 2015

New York Post spokeswoman Jenny Tartikoff says the hack is being investigated.

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It’s the latest hack of a high-profile social media account. The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the U.S. military’s Central Command were compromised earlier this week by hackers claiming to support the Islamic State militant group.

UPI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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