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		The recent hacking of an Associated Press Twitter account is evidence that we&#039;ve been sleepwalking into total dependence on vulnerable systems
On Tuesday 2 April, a tweet from Associated Press (AP) revealed startling news. There had been explosions in the White House and Obama had been injured. The tweet was a hoax – the AP Twitter account had been hacked via a clever phishing exploit – but it briefly caused havoc. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 144 points between 10.07am and 10.09am,...  <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/28/fragile-systems-hoax-tweets-naughton" style="color:#093d72;font-style:italic;text-decoration:none">show all text</a>
		
	
	
	
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