The New York Post was hacked and shocking fake headlines published by the paper are circulating on Twitter.
One headline about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) stated, “We must assassinate AOC for America.”
Another published a fake headline about Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) calling New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) a “fried chicken eating monkey.”
A headline about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) claimed he said, “I will order Border Patrol to start slaughtering illegals.”
#BREAKING: The @NYPost's website and Twitter account are being hacked. pic.twitter.com/8fPSymuNI6
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 27, 2022
The Post acknowledged the paper was hacked in a tweet.
“The New York Post has been hacked. We are currently investigating the cause,” the paper said on Twitter Thursday morning.
The New York Post has been hacked. We are currently investigating the cause.
— New York Post (@nypost) October 27, 2022
Several Twitter users shared their reactions to the post.
One user asked, “How could you tell?”
How could you tell? https://t.co/UPuh95vKoh
— John Sipher (@john_sipher) October 27, 2022
Another user tweeted, “Gonna be honest i couldn’t tell the difference.”
gonna be honest i couldn't tell the difference https://t.co/7YWn0rkF0Z
— Rebecca Fishbein (@bfishbfish) October 27, 2022
Read more reactions below:
You mean your account has started posting a whole bunch of clickbait with scantily clad women?
— ?Dante Atkins? (@DanteAtkins) October 27, 2022
Oh wait https://t.co/PtxjxOP9U3
Violence against anyone is wrong.
— Adriano Espaillat (@RepEspaillat) October 27, 2022
The threat of #cybersecurity is real… & we still don’t know what happened in 2016.
I urge the NY Post & @Twitter to take immediate action to address today’s threats of violence & prevent future attacks. https://t.co/VqUtqNDf0L
https://twitter.com/RobAnderson2018/status/1585644129270132737
Hackers (1995) starring Angelina Jolie https://t.co/qGp7jOYpy1 pic.twitter.com/HfURbpxPhw
— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) October 27, 2022
Probably the White House… https://t.co/giHnAoe9yt
— Amy Kremer (@AmyKremer) October 27, 2022
But also…Your handle just threatened the lives of the President and his family and multiple elected women and said racist things about the mayor and outlandish things about union members…and many people didn’t notice the difference…food for thought. https://t.co/rhQxgRHCML
— Yuh-Line Niou (@yuhline) October 27, 2022
Did not realize they knew how to investigate https://t.co/jMr0ku4xj5
— Ginny Hogan_ (@ginnyhogan_) October 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/lukezim/status/1585635645619195905
NBC News noted the Post’s website appeared to go back to normal after the tweets with the headlines were deleted.
UPDATE [11/1/22, 8:30 a.m. EST]: Since the publication of this article, the New York Post announced it was a rogue employee who published the posts “and the employee has been terminated.”
