Hackers claim Fox News’ Twitter account, report fake Obama shooting

Tweeting the the President of the United States has been shot isn't lighthearted mischievousness. I don't know if they thought this would make Fox News look bad or themselves look clever, but it doesn't do either. All it does is make the Script Kiddies look immature, which I guess makes their name tautological, but I do hope they grow up to be better people than this.

It's really not pretty.<p>As much as I find Fox News getting hacked funny, I find claiming an assassination not funny.

<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/foxnewspolitics" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/#!/foxnewspolitics</a>

I hope they covered their tracks very well, because the Secret Service really does not have a sense of humour about that sort of thing.

The one thing that continues to surprise me is that this still hasn't been removed!

So, what's the motivation behind something like this? Are there really people who believe this is funny, let alone cool (the twitter bragging is a bit amateur)? I'm not a fan of Fox News either, but this is not how you handle your distaste for someone. Did enjoy that they misspelled imminent as 'imitate.' Can't wait to read the follow-up where these guys get busted.

Wouldn't it be awesome if one of these days these kinds of hackers actually did something that improved the world?

Not cool. Shame on them.

Such opportunity for subtle funny trolling and they did this instead. Maybe someday the person behind @PeanutFreeMom will hack Fox News. Until then, we can only dream.

Even if he were killed, it would be impossible to prove to that audience.