Minutes after the Associated Press's main Twitter account was hacked last month and a completely false tweet posted saying President Obama had been injured in explosions at the White House, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped almost 100 points. Though it quickly recovered moments later, the sudden downswing in stock prices is now being cited by one high-ranking US financial official as evidence of why there needs to be tighter regulations on high-speed trading.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/1/4290108/hacked-ap-twitter-account-shows-need-for-new-high-speed-trading-rules
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