Hacker Sends Out Fake Tsunami Warning On Twitter 100
An anonymous reader writes "A Twitter account belonging to an official adviser of the Indonesian president has been broken into by a hacker who posted a warning that a tsunami was heading for Jakarta. Andi Arief is Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's disaster management adviser and a frequent user of Twitter. But when he lost control of his account, a tsunami warning was sent out to Twitter users."
Hey! There's a fake tsunami coming! (Score:5, Funny)
It is all a matter of operator precedence:
fake (tsunami warning) versus (fake tsunami) warning
Re:Hey! There's a fake tsunami coming! (Score:4, Funny)
It is all a matter of operator precedence:
fake (tsunami warning) versus (fake tsunami) warning
"fake (tsunami warning)" is standard gramatical precedence or whatever.
"(fake tsunami) warning" would be specified "fake-tsunami warning"
Please mod me down, thanks. I can't believe I replied to this.
Re:Take with a grain of salt (Score:2, Funny)
check out my youtube video of me on a webcam saying that a tsunami is coming!"
I just had to add a transcript for the youtube video...
"Hey everyone, it's me, Susilo here. I just made this video to talk about a tsunami, but first I just want to say hi to all my peeps, and thanks for your supportive comments. All you haters out there tryin to step to me and hacking my Twitter can just step off my grill. But what I really wanted was to just come on this video and say that there's a tsunami coming. So yeah, that's basically it, really. That's all I really wanted to say. So I guess you know, head to safety and shit... just... stay safe, and be nice in your comments. That's all I wanted to say in this video, so until next time, Indonesia rules!, check out my facebook page, and peace out."
Re:I pity the fool. (Score:3, Funny)
Hackers learn an innovate
Which is the opposite of what the public does once they get a term defined for them, so how about hackers innovate themselves a new term. Net ninjas? Everybody likes ninjas these days, not much chance of someone hearing "net ninja" and thinking "Jerks like the one who raised a false tsunami alarm."