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Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque By Laura MacInnis WASHINGTON | Mon Jul 4, 2011 11:23am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers took control of the Twitter account of FoxNews.com's political news feed on Monday and sent several false tweets saying that President Barack Obama had been shot dead. "Those reports are incorrect, of course, and the president is spending the July 4 holiday with his family," Foxnews.com said in a statement about the incident, the latest in a wave of high-profile cyber security breaches around the world. "Hackers sent out several malicious and false tweets that President Obama had been assassinated," said the media outlet owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. "The hacking is being investigated, and FoxNews.com regrets any distress the false tweets may have created," it said. Obama is celebrating the July 4 Independence holiday with his family at the White House and was due to host military families to watch Fourth of July fireworks in the evening. There was no immediate reaction from the White House and the Secret Service declined to comment. The first hacked tweet appeared around 2 a.m. and said: "@BarackObama has just passed. The President is dead. A sad 4th of July, indeed. President Barack Obama is dead." The next one, "@BarackObama has just passed. Nearly 45 minutes ago, he was shot twice in the lower pelvic area and in the neck; shooter unknown. Bled out" WAVE OF CYBER BREACHES A group calling itself The ScriptKiddies claimed responsibility for sending the tweets -- including "#ObamaDead, it's a sad 4th of July" -- from the "foxnewspolitics" name before Twitter suspended its account. In all some six false tweets were issued, saying Obama had been shot at a restaurant in Iowa while campaigning. Obama has not been in Iowa this weekend and returned on Sunday to the White House from a brief trip to Camp David. The hacking of the "FoxNewspolitics" feed followed a wave of highly publicized cyber security breaches, including attacks on the bank Citigroup, Sony Corp. and the U.S. Senate and Brazilian presidential websites. Monday's breach also raised questions about the integrity of news feeds on Twitter, which is increasingly used by news outlets as well as government officials as a way to reach readers and supporters. There was no immediate reply from Twitter to a Reuters request for comment on the FoxNews.com incident, which came two days before Obama's first "Twitter town hall" where he will field tweeted questions about the economy and jobs. Twitter's co-founder and executive chairman Jack Dorsey is due to moderate that Wednesday session at the White House. Fox.com, another Fox Entertainment Group website, was the target of an attack by hacker group Lulz Security in May. LulzSec has also made assaults on Sony, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and other targets. The attacks have mostly resulted in temporary disruptions to websites and the release of user credentials. (Additional reporting by Tom Doggett, Editing by Sandra Maler and Kieran Murray) Politics Technology Media Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (1) GretaG wrote: We don’t have enough trouble with the likes of Loughner, things like this put ideas in the heads of loonies. These folks should be found and prosecuted for inciting. 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