The twitter account of Associated Press (@AP) was hacked today by Syrian Electronic Army which was used to spread a bogus message that there had been two explosions at the White House and that Barack Obama was injured .
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This made major stocks drop , but they recovered quickly after people realized that the tweet was fake
White House spokesperson Jay Carney confirmed that Barack Obama was fine. Syrian Electronic Army has taken responsibility for the attack, they had also attacked other media sites and accounts in the past.\
Mike Baker a Journalist who works for Associated Press tweeted "The @AP hack came less than an hour after some of us received an impressively disguised phishing email"
For now the Twitter account of Associated Press has been suspended until it is made sure that the accounts are secure again.
Note : Will update when I get more details