The Twitter account, which was suspended after being hacked, has been secured and is back up. Thank you for your patience. -
— The Associated Press (@AP)
"The Twitter account, which was suspended after being hacked, has been secured and is back up. Thank you for your patience."
Wednesday morning from The Associated Press.
Tuesday, , a message appeared on the AP's Twitter page stating — falsely — that there had been two explosions at the White House and President Obama had been injured. Stocks dropped sharply, but came back quickly as it became clear that no such thing had happened.
The Syrian Electronic Army, the pro-Bashar Assad group that , has claimed it hacked the AP.
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