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News April 4, 2018

YouTube product manager’s Twitter account hacked during shooting

YouTube product manager’s Twitter account hacked during shooting

During the shooting attack today at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno California, a hacker hijacked a verified Twitter account belonging to a product manager at YouTube to spread fake news.

As ‘YouTube HQ’ topped ‘trending’ terms on Twitter in the US, a hacker used Vadim Lavrusik‘s account to implicate a YouTube broadcaster in the shooting.

Broadcasting out to his more than 40,000 followers, the hacker tweeted “PLEASE HELP ME FIND MY FRIEND I LOST HIM IN THE SHOOTING.”

According to The Verge, the tweet linked to a picture of Keemstar, a popular YouTuber. Keemstar was not involved in the shooting.

The hack was quickly brought to the attention of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

The shooting suspect shot three people, according to a police spokesman. Three victims were taken to local Bay Area hospitals: a 36-year-old male in critical condition, a 32-year-old woman in serious condition, and a 27-year-old woman in fair condition. The shooter died at the scene of a self-inflicted gunshot wound according to police.

This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.

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