Nov
26
2010

Hacker Sends Out Fake Tsunami Warning On Twitter

An anonymous reader writes “A Twitter account belonging to an official adviser of the Indonesian president has been broken into by a hacker who posted a warning that a tsunami was heading for Jakarta. Andi Arief is Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s disaster management adviser and a frequent user of Twitter. But when he lost control of his account, a tsunami warning was sent out to Twitter users.”

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Hacker Sends Out Fake Tsunami Warning On Twitter

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