在推特上黑客聲稱"第三次世界大戰"爆發
Hackers took over Twitter accounts of the New York Post and United Press InternationAl on Friday, writing bogus messages, including about hostilities breaking out between the United States and China.
黑客於本週五盜取了紐約郵報及合衆國際社（UPI）的推特賬號，併發布了包括中美開戰在內的虛假信息。
One tweet posted under the UPI account quoted Pope Francis as saying, "World War III has begun."
其中一條UPI的推特假裝引用了教皇的說法：第三次世界大戰開始了。Another message delivered on the Post account said the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier, was "engaged in active combat" against Chinese warships in the South China Sea.
另一條郵報的推特則聲稱喬治華盛頓號航母在南中國海與中國發生了激烈的戰鬥
The tweets were subsequently deleted.
這些推特在隨後被刪除A tweet from the News Corp-owned Post later noted that "Our Twitter account was briefly hacked and we are investigating."
郵報所屬的新聞集團隨後發表聲明稱“我們的推特賬戶剛剛被黑客盜取，我們正在進行調查”。The fake tweets were not just about war. One posted on UPI said "Just in: Bank of America CEO calls for calm: Savings accounts will not be affected by federal reserve decision."
虛假的推特並不僅僅包含有關戰爭的內容，其中一條UPI的推特寫到：“最新消息：美國銀行CEO呼籲冷靜：個人賬戶不會因美聯儲新決定受到影響”。UPI later acknowledged it was hacked, and said in a dispatch that "six fake headlines were posted in about 10 minutes."
隨後UPI承認了他們的賬號被盜取，“它在10分鐘內發佈了6條虛假頭條”。On Twitter, UPI noted that "World War III has not started, thankfully."
推特上，UPI補充到“謝天謝地！第三次世界大戰沒有發生”。Several media organizations have had their Twitter feeds hacked over the past two years including Agence France-Presse and the BBC. Also this week the Twitter feed for the Pentagon's Central Command was taken over by a group supporting the Islamic State jihadists.
在過去兩年裏，包括法新社及BBC在內的數家媒體推特賬號都曾被黑客盜取。就在這周，五角大樓所屬的中央司令部推特被IS聖戰份子盜取。A Pentagon official said the tweet about hostilities with China was "not true."
一位五角大樓的官員稱，中美髮生衝突的推特是“不真實的”。
