What one hacked @AP tweet did to the US stock market:

[Fire Walk With Me]

Jim Waterson ?@jimwaterson

What one hacked @AP tweet did to the US stock market: pic.twitter.com/a2ZB2EIB6V
Retweeted by Anonymous Operations


https://twitter.com/charlesforelle/status/326746314232692737/photo/1

https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/326746632995622912/photo/1

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From A Twitter Hack To The Complete Evaporation Of All Market Liquidity In One Chart

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-23/twitter-hack-compete-evaporation-all-market-liquidity-one-chart

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zerohedge ?@zerohedge

Photo of the AP hack
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-23/ap-reports-two-explosions-white-house-obama-injured …

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Mike Baker ?@MikeBakerAP 9m

The @AP hack came less than an hour after some of us received an impressively disguised phishing email.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

1. So was it the AP site or just the tweeter account?

[Lady Freedom Returns]

2. An OP abouth ths has just poped up in GD

Looks like this has had an effect on people.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022742762

[Knightraven]

3. Was this what all those people were yelling about.

Was sleeping in, just got off the road, and there was some guys yelling that they blew up the white house. I turned on the TV, so nothing and went back to bed.

It definitely got the attention of those in the Motel!

[99th_Monkey]

4. What could possibly go wrong,

with an "economic engine" vulnerable to false random tweets?