New York Times Video account apparently hacked, posts fake news tweet about Russia attacking U.S.

In an apparent hack Sunday morning, the New York Times Video Twitter account posted a fake news tweet about Russia planning to launch a missile attack on the United States.

“BREAKING: leaked statement from Vladimir Putin says: Russia will attack the United States with Missiles,” read the tweet posted on the account around 10 a.m.

Two follow up tweets on the account — which has more than 259,000 followers — claimed to come from OurMine, a hacker group that has breached high-profile Twitter accounts for Marvel, Netflix and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey.(nydailynews)…[+]