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Sun Aug 5, 2012 8:19pm EDT

(Reuters) - Reuters News said one of its Twitter accounts was hacked on Sunday and false tweets were posted, mainly related to the current armed struggle in Syria.

"Earlier today @ReutersTech was hacked and changed to @ReutersME," said a spokesperson for Reuters, which is owned by Thomson Reuters CorpTO>. "The account has been suspended and is currently under investigation."

The incident follows the company's disclosure that the blogging platform of the Reuters News website was compromised on Friday and a false posting purporting to carry an interview with a Syrian rebel leader was illegally posted on a Reuters' journalist's blog.

In the latest incident a series of 22 false tweets were sent purporting to be from Reuters News. Some of the tweets also carried false reports about Syrian rebel losses suffered in battles with Syrian government forces.

Thomson Reuters had no immediate information on who was behind the hacking.

Twitter could not be immediately reached for comment.

(Writing by Martin Howell; Editing by Anthony Boadle)
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pendingapproval wrote:
Serves you right for supporting mass murder and Islamic terrorism…

Aug 05, 2012 8:52pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
mcanterel wrote:
The difference is symbolic only: even when not hacked, what you spread is propaganda against Syria, only for the “other” side, the Saudi mercenaries side.

Aug 05, 2012 10:48pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
SickOneLV wrote:
All they have to do is sift through the usual suspects posting pro-Assad comments comments on here, I’m sure they’ll find the culprit.

Aug 05, 2012 11:23pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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