Someone Hacked the NFL’s Twitter And Killed Off Goodell
08 Jun, 2016
The National Football League had its Twitter account hacked on Tuesday.
At 12:36 p.m. ET, the NFL’s official, verified account tweeted that commissioner Roger Goodell had died at the age of 57. Five
Alive and well!
minutes, and thousands of retweets later, the tweet was erased.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter was able to confirm that Goodell did not pass away shortly before the tweet was taken down. But, at 12:44 p.m. ET, the hacker was back with another tweet.
Each of the three tweets were erased. The league, through NFL.com reporter Ian Rapoport and PR man Brian McCarthy, relayed that its account was, indeed, hacked.
According to CBS Sports’ Jason La Canfora, the league is looking into the hack.
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