New York Post and UPI Hacked

“World War III has begun”
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Another hacking incident today, and this time it went beyond a compromised Twitter account; the hackers posted something on the UPI homepage: UPI Website, Twitter Account Hacked.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) — United Press International’s website and Twitter account were hacked Friday afternoon, with someone attempting to publish false stories.

It started on Twitter, where six fake headlines were posted in about 10 minutes, starting about 1:20 p.m. Some of them were about the Federal Reserve; others contained a false report that the USS George Washington had been attacked.

I happened to have one of these tweets open, and grabbed this screenshot because I knew it wouldn’t last long:

At the same time, the New York Post Twitter account was also compromised; here’s a screenshot of what appeared in their timeline:

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45 comments
1 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 16, 2015 12:12:05pm

Surely the hackers could have come up with better fake stories than that.

2 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 12:12:07pm

Unfortunately, this is not a hacked account:

The GOP “think tank” is still hell bent on ACA/Obamacare repeal. Nothing less will satisfy the very organization that deemed the individual mandate critical for personal responsibility and a satisfactory alternative to the single payer and Hillarycare proposals being floated in the 1990s.

Rather, they’d tell the millions who now have health insurance courtesy of the ACA to sod off.

3 b.d.  Jan 16, 2015 12:13:19pm

I can’t wait until you-know-who figures out who hacked those sites.

4 Iwouldprefernotto  Jan 16, 2015 12:13:20pm

Please tell me they were hacked by Anthony Weiner.

5 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 12:13:34pm

Can’t wait to see the BREAKING EXCLUSIVE CCJ has over this.

6 unproven innocence  Jan 16, 2015 12:15:12pm

Again: Why I Hope Congress Never Watches Blackhat
But different excerpt:

Congress passed the original CFAA in 1984 in direct response to the seminal hacker flick Wargames. Politicians who saw the film felt an urgent need to punish hackers, lest one of them blunder into NORAD and trigger World War III. The result was a law that—after several revisions—led to cases like the Lori Drew and Andrew Auernheimer misfires: People charged for lying in their social networking profiles or conspiring to access an unpublished URL.

7 Charles Johnson  Jan 16, 2015 12:15:51pm

The Federal Reserve tweets are pretty clear evidence that these were some 4chan-type libertarian hackers. I get a strong impression of script kids from the dumb headlines.

8 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 16, 2015 12:15:56pm

I’m sure his guy at the Vatican is on it.

9 Decatur Deb  Jan 16, 2015 12:18:09pm

Silly hackers. If you want to start WWIII, you spoof Drudge and Freep.

10 Decatur Deb  Jan 16, 2015 12:21:01pm

re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m sure his guy at the Vatican is on it.

Hope CCJ is fluent in medieval Latin.

11 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 16, 2015 12:22:35pm

re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg

And his “guy” aboard the USS George Washington. An officer, no doubt!

12 Skip Intro  Jan 16, 2015 12:23:10pm

UpChuck Johnson must be soooooooo jealous.

13 Decatur Deb  Jan 16, 2015 12:23:16pm

re: #11 GlutenFreeJesus

And his “guy” aboard the USS George Washington. An officer, no doubt!

Garbage Grinder—he gets all the poop.

franklinmiller.com

14 b.d.  Jan 16, 2015 12:27:34pm

Aren’t all missiles anti-ship missiles?

//

15 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 12:27:35pm

re: #11 GlutenFreeJesus

And his “guy” aboard the USS George Washington. An officer, no doubt!

Works on the poop deck no less. /

16 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 16, 2015 12:28:08pm

re: #15 lawhawk

Might even be a Rear Admiral.

17 Skip Intro  Jan 16, 2015 12:30:17pm

More from the “What racism?” file.

18 Varek Raith  Jan 16, 2015 12:30:34pm

They started WWIII without me?
Lame.

19 b.d.  Jan 16, 2015 12:30:40pm
20 blueraven  Jan 16, 2015 12:31:04pm

re: #2 lawhawk

Unfortunately, this is not a hacked account:

The GOP “think tank” is still hell bent on ACA/Obamacare repeal. Nothing less will satisfy the very organization that deemed the individual mandate critical for personal responsibility and a satisfactory alternative to the single payer and Hillarycare proposals being floated in the 1990s.

Rather, they’d tell the millions who now have health insurance courtesy of the ACA to sod off.

They misspelled douche bags.

21 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 12:32:51pm
22 Targetpractice  Jan 16, 2015 12:33:31pm

Fuckin’ finally.

23 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 16, 2015 12:34:26pm

re: #3 b.d.

I can’t wait until you-know-who figures out who hacked those sites.

He’s too busy right now pissing off the Chris Kyle/American Sniper fans.

24 Charles Johnson  Jan 16, 2015 12:37:58pm

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

He’s too busy right now pissing off the Chris Kyle/American Sniper fans.

Chuck specializes in smearing people who can’t defend themselves because they’re dead.

This one actually got an LOL out of me.

25 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 16, 2015 12:39:40pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

And this one:

26 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 12:39:59pm
27 WhatEVs  Jan 16, 2015 12:42:22pm

re: #22 Targetpractice

[Embedded content]

Fuckin’ finally.

I don’t know if I could celebrate that. Not with this court.

28 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 16, 2015 12:46:13pm

re: #26 Kragar

Embry’s “About Page” on FB.
No big surprises there…at least he’s not my State Senator (mine is relatively sane).

29 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jan 16, 2015 12:47:24pm

There’s an aircraft carrier? To me “George Washington” means the first Polaris sub, decommissioned long ago….

30 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 12:47:25pm

re: #22 Targetpractice

Be careful what is wished for.

This is the Roberts’ court after all.

The petition was granted for the four cases and consolidated; they will look at the following issues:

1) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex?

2) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state?

Seems to me that the second is easier to answer under the Full Faith and Credit provision, which would require that they do so; courts already recognize marriage in other states for purpose of divorces in other states (such as when parties move from state where married to another state).

When put in terms of question 1, the conservatives on the Court will do their worst to try and find that the answer is no, they don’t.

Court struck down DOMA 5-4 in Windsor, Kennedy being the swing vote. It’s possible he’d again do so here. I can see a similar rationale as when Loving v. Virginia struck down the miscegenation laws.

31 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 12:50:07pm

I feel really sorry for the RWNJs. On the one hand, they’ll be cheering for the Supreme Court to gut Obamacare, and on the other, they’ll be screaming about a black robed shadow cabal looking to legalize same sex marriage. Its going to be a tough time for them.

32 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 12:52:23pm
33 blueraven  Jan 16, 2015 12:54:00pm

Court will rule on same-sex marriage

The Court said it would rule on state power to ban gay and lesbian marriage and state power to refuse to recognize such marriages performed out of state. A total of one hour and ninety minutes was set for the hearings, likely in the April sitting.

34 Shazam  Jan 16, 2015 12:54:16pm

re: #29 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

There’s an aircraft carrier? To me “George Washington” means the first Polaris sub, decommissioned long ago….

Been around a long time. My uncle served on it about twenty years ago.

35 EPR-radar  Jan 16, 2015 12:54:19pm

re: #30 lawhawk

Kennedy is the justice to watch on this issue. It’s pretty pathetic that one’s rights in the US these days are so often determined by the personal views of a single justice.

36 EPR-radar  Jan 16, 2015 12:55:42pm

re: #31 Kragar

I feel really sorry for the RWNJs. On the one hand, they’ll be cheering for the Supreme Court to gut Obamacare, and on the other, they’ll be screaming about a black robed shadow cabal looking to legalize same sex marriage. Its going to be a tough time for them.

Since when is inconsistency a problem for RWNJs? They thrive on it.

37 CuriousLurker  Jan 16, 2015 12:59:23pm

re: #36 EPR-radar

Since when is inconsistency a problem for RWNJs? They thrive on it.

Indeed. They seem nearly immune to cognitive dissonance. It might slow them down for a few seconds, but they quickly find a way to resolve things.

38 b.d.  Jan 16, 2015 12:59:59pm

NO ACTIVIST JUDGES!!!

39 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 1:03:16pm

re: #38 b.d.

Except when they do exactly what we want them to do. In which case, we’ll call them originalists. /

40 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jan 16, 2015 1:10:51pm

I can’t see how even the RATS would be able to square the circle on this one. The Full Faith and Credit clause is pretty clear. So unless they rule that Mississippi can prohibit same-sex marriages in Massachusetts, they have to recognize them—but then refuse to recognize SSMs performed in their own state? How would that work? I know Fat Tony can twist his head round into some mighty contortions to screw the Sane People™, but I’d love to see how he can resolve this.

41 aagcobb  Jan 16, 2015 1:11:05pm

re: #35 EPR-radar

Kennedy is the justice to watch on this issue. It’s pretty pathetic that one’s rights in the US these days are so often determined by the personal views of a single justice.

After granting marriage equality in most of the country by denying appeals and stays of circuit court rulings voiding ssm bans, its almost inconceivable to me that Kennedy would rule against equality. This is the guy who has written all of the major gay rights opinions, including Windsor.

42 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 16, 2015 1:13:14pm

re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth

43 blueraven  Jan 16, 2015 1:14:09pm

ahem…

44 EPR-radar  Jan 16, 2015 1:36:18pm

re: #41 aagcobb

After granting marriage equality in most of the country by denying appeals and stays of circuit court rulings voiding ssm bans, its almost inconceivable to me that Kennedy would rule against equality. This is the guy who has written all of the major gay rights opinions, including Windsor.

Agreed. I expect Kennedy to be on the correct side of this issue, which will decide things in favor of SSM. However, these kinds of court cases remain a ludicrous way to determine the scope of people’s rights.

45 Jenner7  Jan 16, 2015 1:47:20pm

Damn, we have Fox back on our DISH.


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