How a Bogus Tweet Can Wreak Financial Havoc

Name: How a Bogus Tweet Can Wreak Financial Havoc
Uploaded: 2013-04-30T00:06:17Z
Duration: P285S
Description: When hackers sent out a bogus tweet from the Associated Press' Twitter account, the financial markets took a minutes-long nosedive. For more on how social media affects our world, NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni talks to Daily-Download.com's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of Newsweek and CNN.

Clip: 04/29/2013 | 4m 45s

When hackers sent out a bogus tweet from the Associated Press' Twitter account, the financial markets took a minutes-long nosedive. For more on how social media affects our world, NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni talks to Daily-Download.com's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of Newsweek and CNN.

Aired: 04/29/13

Rating: NR

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