The tabloid New York Post claimed on Thursday to have been “pirateby one of its employees after the publication of articles and tweets calling in particular for the assassination of political figures, including US President Joe Biden. “The New York Post has been hacked“, tweeted the tabloid after visibly regaining control of his Twitter account.
“The New York Post investigation indicates that the unauthorized actions were committed by an employee, and we are taking appropriate action“, said the daily to the conservative orientation, in a statement sent to AFP.
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Tweets calling for the assassination of Joe Biden or the elected Democrat of New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, had been published in the morning, adopting the usual format of tweets from this subsidiary of News Corp, the media empire of the billionaire Australian-born Rupert Murdoch.
A tweet using racial slurs against African-American New York City Mayor Eric Adams included a link to an article on the site with the same title as the tweet, BuzzfeedNews reporter David Mack said. “The employee was fired“, said the”Post” in his press release, specifying to have “immediately this morning removed the despicable and reprehensible content from our website and social media accounts“.