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USA Today Joins list of Twitter Accounts Hacked

By: Sydney Smith
September 29, 2011 08:30 AM EST
 
USA Today Joins list of Twitter Accounts Hacked
 
USA Today's Twitter account was hacked earlier this week. (Credit: Twitter, screenshot)
 

The Twitter account for USA Today was hacked Sept. 25, CNET reported.  The self-described hacking group Script Kiddies took responsibility for the sabotage and asked for suggestions for its next target to hack.

As StinkyJournalism has written, Script Kiddies hacked NBC News Twitter account earlier this month and posted fake tweets claiming a Sept. 11 anniversary attack had happened at the site of the World Trade Center. Script Kiddies also hacked FoxNewsPolitics' Twitter account in July to publish fake news that President Barack Obama had been killed.

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