Hackers briefly gave the nation a scare last year after gaining access to the Fox News Politics Twitter feed on the Fourth of July and announcing that President Barack Obama had died after suffering two gunshot wounds. The hackers even sent their condolences to the Vice President, tweeting “We wish @joebiden the best of luck as our new President of the United States.” Fox later claimed that its staff had nothing to do with the tweet and that its Twitter feed had been compromised.
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