An apparently rogue employee took over the New York Post's Twitter account Thursday morning, posting a series of tweets masquerading as Op-Ed headlines calling for the murder of various top politicians.
The takeover appears to have started just after 9 a.m. ET with a series of tweets about Pres. Biden, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mayor Eric Adams and migrants at the southern border, among others.
Many of the tweets called for violence; others were racially or sexually vulgar.
The offending tweets were gone by 9:30 a.m., and the Post tweeted a few minutes later about what happened.
About three hours later, the paper issued an updated statement blaming an internal attack.
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"The New York Post’s investigation indicates that the unauthorized conduct was committed by an employee, and we are taking appropriate action. This morning, we immediately removed the vile and reprehensible content from our website and social media accounts," the paper said.
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Ironically, the attack started just minutes before Elon Musk, Twitter's new owner, posted a manifesto for advertisers on why he'd bought the platform and how he planned to manage it in future.
It's also not the first time the Post Twitter account has been hacked; in 2015, hackers famously took over the paper's account and posted a series of tweets indicating war had broken out between the United States and China.
