---
id: 8361
title: "Hacking Twitter for Fun (and Profit?)"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/mobile-application-pentesting/hacking-twitter-for-fun-and-profit/"
published_at: "2011-09-16T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["twitter", "social-media-hijacking", "fake-news", "script-kiddies", "nbc-news"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8361"
lang: en
---

# Hacking Twitter for Fun (and Profit?)

## Summary

The Script Kiddies hijacked NBC News' Twitter to post a false hijacking report, following a similar Fox News hoax. The author warns such pranks could escalate into panic-inducing fake news.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/mobile-application-pentesting/hacking-twitter-for-fun-and-profit/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8361