NFL Twitter account hacked, used to (falsely) announce death of commissioner Goodell

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by Sindy Cator on June 7, 2016 at 5:55 pm

A Twitter troll somehow managed to gain access to the National Football League’s official Twitter account (@NFL) today. In his brief window of control, the hacker used the account to (falsely) announce the death of commissioner Roger Goodell before NFL PR representative Brian McCarthy intervened. The @nfl Twitter account was hacked. @nflcommish is alive and well. — Brian McCarthy (@NFLprguy) June 7, 2016 In the time the account was compromised, it followed one Twitter user whose account is now suspended. Presumably, the suspended account belongs to the hacker himself, and he was even kind enough to let us know the old password (which…