Intellectual Property Law

Newspaper Twitter Feed Hacked

By David Kravets

The Twitter feed of the Deseret News ? owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — tweeted in unauthorized tongues for days until the San Francisco social-media site performed an exorcism of sorts.

The feed for the Mormon site began broadcasting anti-Mormon musings on Sunday. The devil who hijacked the account locked out the paper’s editors. The Salt Lake City newspaper said Twitter took at least three days to respond to the hack before it shuttered the feed.

As of Friday, the 2-month-old LDSChurchNews feed was still suspended.

See Also:

• Oklahoma Man Arrested for Twittering Tea Party Death Threats …
• Twitter Breached Again
• Britney, Obama Twitter Feeds Hijacked Following Phishing Attack …
• China Censors: The Tiananmen Square Anniversary Will Not Be …
• Current TV Hacks The Debates

Full post as published by Threat Level on June 12, 2009 (boomark / email).