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| North Korea's Twitter account hacked to call for uprising |
| 2011-01-08 |
| The North Korean government's official Twitter account appears to have been hacked, with the feed calling for an uprising to remove the leaders from power The microblogging site ranted to its 11,000 followers about huge spending on nuclear weapons and leader Kim Jong-il's lavish drinking parties "while 3 million people are starving and freezing to death." The country's official YouTube site also seemed to have been hacked, with a cartoon being posted showing Kim Jong Un, the son of the leader, driving in a sports car and running people over. The tweets, in Korean, were unlikely to harm the internal image of the country, as internet access is widely prohibited. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 I doubt he's/she's very busy Posted by Old Patriot I doubt anyone at the Silver Bullet (DIA) is... "very busy." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-01-08 20:12 |
| #5 And who in the hell would "follow" NorK on twitter? (Other than communist Hollyweird twits?) Posted by: Barbara Skolaut|| 2011-01-08 13:56 I'm pretty sure there's some poor schlub at DIA that's tasked with keeping track of everything that goes on with these accounts, and letting his superiors know if anything relevant pops up. I doubt he's/she's very busy |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2011-01-08 20:07 |
| #4 It the call were sent by Fax, I'd pay closer attention. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-01-08 17:58 |
| #3 I think you answered your own question Barbara. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-01-08 14:56 |
| #2 Why would the NorKs have a twitter account when their citizens don't even have cell phones, computers, or electricity? And who in the hell would "follow" NorK on twitter? (Other than communist Hollyweird twits?) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-01-08 13:56 |
| #1 It wasn't me! I was nowhere near the Internet at the time! Wait a minute, north Korea has Twitter and YouTube accounts? They don't even have electricity! |
| Posted by: Drang 2011-01-08 13:33 |