It appears hackers are not going to spare even top multinational companies or top world famous celebrities. Recently the twitter account of Sony Music was hacked and sensational news items placed in it by the hackers. The company was forced to issue an official apology to the celebrity.
In a series of false messages the hackers said that Britney Spears was dead and even published a simple condolence message from the company – “RIP@Britneyspears”. Sony Music discovered this and quickly got all the messages removed and posted an official apology to the 35 year old Grammy Award winning singer and her fans explaining that its official twitter account had been hacked. In the meanwhile the singer’s manager Adam Leber immediately tweeted that the singer was “fine and well”.
In a related incident it appears even the twitter account of Bob Dylan my also have been hacked. His account showed a false message expressing the singer’s condolences on the death of Britney Spears – “Rest In Peace @ Britney spears”.
The FBI looking into the matter claimed that all these hacking and false messages were the handiwork of North Korea. It is note worthy that these hackings happened just a month before Sony Pictures was to release its next film “The Interview” – in which two journalists are recruited by the CIA to assassinate the King Jong Un of North Korea.