USA Today's Twitter account falls victim to hackers

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20111422-83/usa-todays-twitter-account-falls-victim-to-hackers/

By Edward Moyer
Security
CNet News
September 25, 2011

The same group that hacked NBC News' Twitter account on September 9 and 
sent tweets about a bogus attack on Ground Zero apparently grabbed hold 
of USA Today's Twitter feed today and fired off a clutch of messages.

The taunting tweets from someone claiming to be The Script Kiddies asked 
if Twitter had the courage to suspend the group again and encouraged 
Twitter users to vote for the next account to be hacked.

"Fox News, Wal-mart, Unilevel, Pfizer, NBC and now USA Today. who's 
next? Vote now!" read one of the tweets.

As of this writing, it seemed USA Today had regained control of its 
feed.

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