Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 12 2017
THE Australian Federal Police says it isn’t investigating Joe Hockey’s claim that his twitter account was hacked after it liked a tweet which described Malcolm Turnbull as a “cranky prick”.
Source: Twitter hack: Joe Hockey’s account liked tweet calling PM Malcolm Turnbull a ‘cranky prick’
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