Hackers hijack USA Today’s twitter account

Hackers victimized another American media outfit this week, briefly hijacking the Twitter account of USA Today and allegedly sending false tweets. USA Today acknowledged the hack early Monday (Manila time) and said it managed to work with Twitter to wrest back control of its micro-blogging account. “@usatoday was hacked and as a result false tweets were sent. We worked with Twitter to correct it. The account is now back in our control," it said. It also apologized for any “inconvenience or confusion" caused by the incident, but did not elaborate. “We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion caused to our readers and thank you for reading @usatoday," it said. Computer security firm Sophos noted USA Today was the latest high-profile Twitter account to have fallen victim to the hackers, who called themselves “The Script Kiddies." It said The Script Kiddies had claimed responsibility for the hack, which involved posting a series of messages to the official USA Today Twitter account. “Fox News, Wal-mart, Unilevel, Pfizer, NBC and now USA Today. who’s next? Vote now! [LINK]," Sophos quoted one of the group’s messages as saying. “Please like The Script Kiddies on Facebook! You could choose our next target!" it added. Earlier this month, the group claimed responsibility for hacking into the Twitter account of NBC News, and posted a fake story of an attack on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It also defaced the Facebook page of Pfizer and hacked into FoxNews’ Twitter account to post a bogus announcement about the assassination of President Barack Obama. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now investigating the Twitter hack on the account of NBC News. — RSJ, GMA News