Associated Press Twitter Account Hacked: Dow Drops 150 Points

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SantaClaus replied

23 April 2013, 19:41
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Correct. What conclusion do you draw? I'm betting its the wrong one.

Trust you to crawl out from under a stone.

Conclusion to what??? The algos reacted to a fake tweet from a "trusted" source. End of.
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sasguru replied

23 April 2013, 19:37
Correct. What conclusion do you draw? I'm betting its the wrong one.
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SantaClaus started a topic Associated Press Twitter Account Hacked: Dow Drops 150 Points

23 April 2013, 19:13
Associated Press Twitter Account Hacked: Dow Drops 150 Points

Hackers posted fake news on the Associated Press Twitter account to say there was an explosion at the Whitehouse and Obama had been injured. The market dropped 150 points in an instant.

Just goes to show how active algos are in the market and that they are constantly scanning Twitter..

Hackers seize AP Twitter feed, send market-moving bogus message | Reuters
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