Panic In Israel After IDF Twitter Account Tweets Of A Possible Nuclear Leak After 2 Rockets Hit Dimona Nuclear Facility'

UPDATE: #IDF delete tweet about 'possible nuclear leak after 2 rockets hit Dimona nuclear facility' pic.twitter.com/bXVdFqpuOv
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Hackers Commandeer IDF Twitter, Send False Tweet Warning Of Nuclear Leak -- Jerusalem Post

Military confirms social networking account was compromised, apologizes for false tweets; IDF vows to fight against cyber terrorism.

The IDF Spokesperson's English-language Twitter account was hacked late Thursday night leading to the false publication of a tweet warning of a "Possible nuclear leak in the region after 2 rockets hit Dimona nuclear facility [sic]."

The potentially nerve-raising tweet was quickly noticed and removed by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit as tensions remained high in Israel at the tail-end of a day during which scores of Gaza rockets pounded the South, although none hit the nuclear research facility located deep in the Negev.

The IDF confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that it's Twitter account had been compromised.

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