Hacker posts fake news story about Ukrainians trying to kill Slovak President


by Graham Cluley

Graham Cluley— Czech news agency ČTK announced on Tuesday that a hacker had managed to break into its systems and published fake news reports of a plot to murder the president of a neighbouring country. in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

spectator.sme.sk—On Czech news website, hacker posts fake story about Ukrainians trying to kill Pellegrini. The hacker made a mistake in Pellegrini's name.

MSNBC—Kristi Noem defends killing her dog, blames ‘fake news’ for backlash. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has doubled down on her story about killing her dog, saying people are upset because “the fake news” twisted it. The anecdote is included in her forthcoming memoir, a copy of which was obtained by The Guardian. In the book, Noem recounts killing an aggressive 14-month-old dog named Cricket by shooting it in a gravel pit, and then soon afterward shooting a “nasty and mean” goat of hers to death. The story was received extremely poorly and has drawn criticism across...

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