http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-24/ap-twitter-feed-hacked/4647630

• $136.5 billion market sell-off April 23 following a fake AP Tweet
• Within 3 minutes all US markets had plunged as a result of automated trading acting on the report of Obama‘s death.
• The Syrian Electronic Army supporting Syrian Leader Bashar al-Assad, claimed responsibility.
• San Francisco based Twitter has been criticized for not introducing two-factor authentication to improve security.

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Categories: Business, Market Regulation

Tags: Algorithmic trading, Associated Press, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Syria, Syrian Electronic Army, Twitter, Two-factor authentication