New York Publish says its Twitter feed, web site hacked | World News

The New York Publish’s Twitter feed and web site have been hacked on Thursday morning, a spokesperson confirmed.

The incident is at the moment being investigated. Tweets on the paper’s account linked to pages on its web site with offensive headlines together with calling for the assassination of some US leaders, in addition to racist and misogynistic content material.

The tweets and tales have been rapidly taken down by the information outlet. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. owns the New York Publish.

A New York Publish worker was chargeable for the Thursday morning hack of the newspaper’s Twitter feed and web site, in what was “unauthorized conduct,” a spokesperson for the newspaper stated.

Tweets on the paper’s account linked to pages on its web site with offensive headlines, together with calling for the assassination of some US leaders in addition to racist and misogynistic content material.

The newspaper is “taking acceptable motion,” and it instantly eliminated the “vile and reprehensible” content material on its web site and social media, the spokesperson stated.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. owns the New York Publish.