{"id":1236873,"date":"2022-10-28T04:07:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T04:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/28\/new-york-post-website-twitter-account-hacked-offensive-content-posted\/"},"modified":"2022-10-28T04:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T04:07:32","slug":"new-york-post-website-twitter-account-hacked-offensive-content-posted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/28\/new-york-post-website-twitter-account-hacked-offensive-content-posted\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Post website, Twitter account hacked, offensive content posted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_104\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/b6e350de-c725-587c-86d2-287f1f63b1dc\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>New York \u2013 The <em id=\"emphasis-d91c9ee1c6ef402749c03c39cf1ffb38\">New York Post<\/em> on Thursday said it has been hacked after several offensive articles and tweets were published on the publication\u2019s website and Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>Reports said that the <em id=\"emphasis-b8b9501464cce9971cdaa8530829336e\">New York Pos<\/em>t\u2019s content management system (CMS) may have been hacked to post offensive articles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <em id=\"emphasis-6902bc1256125dd8923f4890dfcdf364\">New York Post<\/em> has been hacked. We are currently investigating the cause,\u201d the publication said in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Cybercriminals posted offensive tweets via SocialFlow, a popular website plugin used to push stories to social media sites.<\/p>\n<p>According to , the tweets had links that took users to web pages on the <em id=\"emphasis-956219d102e1e4a7530ef9bf0f8083f9\">Post<\/em>\u2018s website.<\/p>\n<p>The articles and tweets were racist and sexually violent in nature which were later pulled out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConfirming that the <em id=\"emphasis-7791ee208103d6606c87ef5e62158dda\">Post<\/em> was hacked. The vile and reprehensible content posted has been removed, and we\u2019re still investigating the cause,\u201d a company spokesperson was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Last month US-based business news publication <em id=\"emphasis-39033daec475903adf92e8db9d7ab42f\">Fast Company\u2019<\/em>s CMS was hacked and two obscene and racist push notifications were sent to users via its <em id=\"emphasis-6eaf69646850c85ba0fd4f185fd0bc86\">Apple News<\/em> alerts.<\/p>\n<p>Apple immediately addressed the incident and disabled <em id=\"emphasis-96808add84ab140c673949c83fc54c85\">Fast Company<\/em>\u2018s channel on its platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe messages are vile and not in line with the content and ethos of <em id=\"emphasis-fc18005b61a2789830a4397f66485a63\">Fast Company<\/em>,\u201c the publication said in a tweet, after taking down its website.<\/p>\n<p>Apple said in a tweet that \u201can incredibly offensive alert was sent by <em id=\"emphasis-fe5aea1f602d16c54f453d0f17028ee9\">Fast Company,<\/em> which has been hacked. <em id=\"emphasis-97915bd61bf75baa1b3896c7780cf9c7\">Apple News<\/em> has disabled their channel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The hackers posted a message on <em id=\"emphasis-e05aeab5e71ffbfe55b1a54aa059555e\">Fast Company\u2019<\/em>s website before it disappeared, saying they were able to break in thanks to a password that was shared across many accounts, including of an administrator.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-98040aebc2295b35de9ec58a3900c1e5\">IANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York \u2013 The New York Post on Thursday said it has been hacked after several offensive articles and tweets were published on the publication\u2019s website and Twitter account. Reports said that the New York Post\u2019s content management system (CMS) may have been hacked to post offensive articles. \u201cThe New York Post has been hacked. 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