Hacked? Yahoo News reports Ebola outbreak in Atlanta; Update: Yep, hacked.

thisistwitchy | 4:51 PM on August 10, 2014

Either Yahoo News has the biggest scoop of the year or its Twitter account has been hacked. We’re betting on the latter.

@YahooNews have you been hacked, bro!?

— Marty. (@Atwitisborn) August 10, 2014

https://twitter.com/AsiaChloeBrown/status/498570382052720640

“@MattHardigree: Was @yahoonews just hacked?” – I sure hope so

— David Lee (@DMLeeVelocity) August 10, 2014

Exactly.

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Update:

unauthorized tweet

The above tweet was deleted within minutes after it was posted.

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Update:

The initial tweet has been deleted as well. Here’s a screenshot for posterity:

screen shot

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Update:

Yahoo News just changed its password from 1234

— Shawn Reynolds (@ShawnReynolds_) August 10, 2014