The Twitter Invasion

Posted by Bossip Staff

Barack Obama got jacked by a hacker:

Someone hacked into President-elect Barack Obama’s Twitter account and sent out false “tweets” offering $500 worth of free gas in exchange for filling out a questionnaire. Twitter is a social networking service that allows users to keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to the question: What are you doing today?

More than 155,000 users follow Obama’s updates and received the following questionnaire: “What is your opinion on Barack Obama? Take the survey and possibly win $500 in free gas.”

The site, which allows users only 140 characters per post, addressed the hacking situation in the following statement: “A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were compromised this morning, and fake/spam updates were sent on their behalf. We have identified the cause and blocked it. We are working to restore compromised accounts.”

What the hell is our tax money being spent on? The gubment better get this cyber-foolery in check pronto. We wouldn’t be surprised one bit if this little stunt was pulled off by some zitty-faced fat child cooped up in his mom’s basement.

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