The national soccer League’s Twitter account was hacked on Tuesday and a fake tweet becamedespatched that Commissioner Roger Goodell had died, an NFL spokesman stated on his Twitter account.
“The @nfl Twitter account become hacked. @nflcommish is alive and nicely,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy said. McCarthy confirmed to Reuters that the account have been hacked.
“we are reviewing and strengthening our cyber-security features,” McCarthy said in an e mail.
He said the NFL had contacted regulation enforcement about the hacking however declined in additioncomment.
The NFL’s authentic Twitter handle despatched a tweet at 12:36 p.m. ET that read, “We remorse to tellour fanatics that our commissioner, Roger Goodell, has surpassed away. He become 57. #RIP.”
The tweet changed into directly deleted, only to be followed by another rogue message, this timeapparently mocking the league.
“Oi, I stated Roger Goodell has died,” the tweet examine. “do not delete that tweet.”
A Twitter spokesman declined to remark and directed inquiries to the NFL.
“Roger Goodell” quickly began to fashion on Twitter, with some social media users cracking jokes.
“fans throughout the nation devastated after hearing Roger Goodell become determined alive this morning in his workplace at @NFL HQ. he’s 57,” tweeted Henry McNamara (@HenryLMcNamara).
The NFL became not the best high-profile account hacked this week.
fb founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest debts had been hacked on Sunday.
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