US equity markets suffered a brief but violent sell-off after a news agency’s hacked Twitter account posted a fake tweet about a terrorist attack on the White House.
The bogus posting from Associated Press’s main account told its millions of followers President Barack Obama had been injured in an explosion.
The incident is a sign of the growing influence of Twitter on investors and the risks associated with inaccurate information being distributed through social media channels.
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