|
"The
@nfl Twitter account was hacked. @nflcommish is alive and well,"
league spokesman Brian McCarthy said. McCarthy confirmed in an
email to Reuters that the account had been hacked and said the
NFL was looking into it.
The NFL's official Twitter handle sent a tweet at 12:36 p.m. ET
that read, "We regret to inform our fans that our commissioner,
Roger Goodell, has passed away. He was 57. #RIP."
The tweet was promptly deleted, only to be followed by another
rogue message, this time seemingly mocking the league.
"Oi, I said Roger Goodell has died," the tweet read. "Don't
delete that tweet."
A Twitter spokesman declined to comment and directed inquiries
to the NFL.
"Roger Goodell" quickly began to trend on Twitter, with some
social media users cracking jokes.
"Fans across the nation devastated after hearing Roger Goodell
was found alive this morning in his office at @NFL HQ. He is
57," tweeted Henry McNamara (@HenryLMcNamara).
The NFL was not the only high-profile account hacked this week.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest
accounts were hacked on Sunday.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta and Amy Tennery; editing by Toni
Reinhold)
[© 2016 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2016 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
 |
|
