在推特上黑客声称"第三次世界大战"爆发
Hackers took over Twitter accounts of the New York Post and United Press International on Friday, writing bogus messages, including about hostilities breaking out between the United States and China.
黑客于本周五盗取了纽约邮报及合众国际社（UPI）的推特账号，并发布了包括中美开战在内的虚假信息。
One tweet posted under the UPI account quoted Pope Francis as saying, "World War III has begun."
其中一条UPI的推特假装引用了教皇的说法：第三次世界大战开始了。Another message delivered on the Post account said the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier, was "engaged in active combat" against Chinese warships in the South China Sea.
另一条邮报的推特则声称乔治华盛顿号航母在南中国海与中国发生了激烈的战斗
The tweets were subsequently deleted.
这些推特在随后被删除A tweet from the News Corp-owned Post later noted that "Our Twitter account was briefly hacked and we are investigating."
邮报所属的新闻集团随后发表声明称“我们的推特账户刚刚被黑客盗取，我们正在进行调查”。The fake tweets were not just about war. One posted on UPI said "Just in: Bank of America CEO calls for calm: Savings accounts will not be affected by federal reserve decision."
虚假的推特并不仅仅包含有关战争的内容，其中一条UPI的推特写到：“最新消息：美国银行CEO呼吁冷静：个人账户不会因美联储新决定受到影响”。UPI later acknowledged it was hacked, and said in a dispatch that "six fake headlines were posted in about 10 minutes."
随后UPI承认了他们的账号被盗取，“它在10分钟内发布了6条虚假头条”。On Twitter, UPI noted that "World War III has not started, thankfully."
推特上，UPI补充到“谢天谢地！第三次世界大战没有发生”。Several media organizations have had their Twitter feeds hacked over the past two years including Agence France-Presse and the BBC. Also this week the Twitter feed for the Pentagon's Central Command was taken over by a group supporting the Islamic State jihadists.
在过去两年里，包括法新社及BBC在内的数家媒体推特账号都曾被黑客盗取。就在这周，五角大楼所属的中央司令部推特被IS圣战份子盗取。A Pentagon official said the tweet about hostilities with China was "not true."
一位五角大楼的官员称，中美发生冲突的推特是“不真实的”。
