No ‘Ebola Outbreak in Atlanta,’ Yahoo News’ Twitter hacked

by Sydney Smith August 10, 2014 08:08 PM EST

Tags: Atlanta, Ebola, Hoax, Social Media & Online Commenting, Twitter, U.S., Yahoo News

The above false tweet was posted on Yahoo News' Twitter account. (Via BuzzFeed)

Yahoo News’ Twitter account was hacked this afternoon and a fake tweet claiming there was an “Ebola outbreak in Atlanta” was posted, BuzzFeed reported.

The fake tweet posted by hackers said, “BREAKING: EBOLA OUTBREAK IN ATLANTA! Estimated 145 people infected so far since Doctors carrying the disease were flown in from Africa.”

Yahoo News deleted the tweet and tweeted that the original Ebola tweet was “unauthorized” and contained “misinformation.”

Earlier, an unauthorized tweet with misinformation on Ebola was sent from this account; please disregard that tweet.

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 10, 2014