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Syrian Electronic Army hits parody news site, The Onion

When the Syrian Electronic Army hacked the Twitter account of The Onion (the satirical, parody news website), at first people thought it was just the "normal" news. Since then both sides have confirmed the attack, with ever-increasingly morbid "humor."

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 9 comments

E! Online's Twitter account gets hacked

Erroneous news alerts about Angelina Jolie and Justin Bieber were recently Tweeted from E! Online's Twitter account, but E! says that hackers were responsible for the Tweets.

In the Media by Owen Weldon

Op-Ed: The entrepreneur on Twitter — 13 points for growth and relevance

The founder of Twitter recently headlined a summit in Japan to offer advice to the country's entrepreneurs - but what should an entrepreneur do to gain Twitter followers and to move forward with 140-character nuggets?

In the Media by Michael Krebs - 1 comment

Syrian Electronic Army attacks The Guardian on Twitter

The next target of the Syrian Electronic Army turns out to be some of the Twitter feeds of the popular UK newspaper, The Guardian. Apparently these attacks are ongoing today.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 5 comments

Liverpool's Suarez banned 10 games for biting, asks forgiveness

Liverpool hot-tempered striker Luis Suarez was given a 10-match ban by the Football Assoc. for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic's arm in a match last week. Suarez, with two prior bans, won't appeal and asked for forgiveness on his Twitter account.

In the Media by Marcus Hondro - 2 comments

Twitter to roll out two-factor authentication 'soon'

In the wake of recent attacks on Twitter accounts, including that of Associated Press on Wednesday, Twitter is planning to roll out two-factor authentication to make things a little more secure.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 4 comments

AP's Twitter account hacked, tweeted about White House attack

On Tuesday an @AP tweet caused panic and hit the stock market, by broadcasting that the White House had been the subject of two explosions, and that President Barack Obama had been injured. AP's Twitter account had been hacked.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 3 comments

Introducing Santiago Swallow: Social media's biggest nobody

He has been dubbed the 'guru of the Internet age' and has hundreds of thousands of fans yet no one has ever heard of him. Meet one of Twitter's non existent legends.

In the Media by Michelle Duffy

Twitter may launch music site

The social networking site Twitter could be about to launch a music site. Twitter has been reported as buying the music discovery site We Are Hunted.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 1 comment

Local Toronto Twitter hero up for a Shorty Award Special

Toronto - This afternoon Nicholas Maharaj is sweating it out waiting for tonight's Shorty Awards in New York City. He's a finalist in the Activism category for his work for Crime Stoppers.

Digital Journal Report by KJ Mullins