This came up on Twitter…………..
Minutes later, AP reporter Sam Hananel tweeted:
“Please Ignore AP Tweet on explosions, we’ve been hacked.”
That didn’t stop the retweets and paranoia that an attack did happen.
Stocks plummeted at the news of the White House being attacked. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 150 points in just minutes after the tweet. As quickly as it fell, it seemed to rebound.
Twitter quickly suspended the account, and the AP announced it was working to quickly correct the issue
