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It was a momentary blip which cost the U.S Stock Exchange over $136 billion - and it was caused by a hacked tweeter account.

Microsoft burns Twitter and Apple over their security features whilst admitting it was hacked in the same zero-day Java exploit as them.

Facebook has admitted that it was victim of a zero-day hack, targeting Java, in January, similar to the one that targeted Twitter in the same month.

While those that hacked Twitter did not gain access to a large number of accounts the company has warned that more could be on the way as the number of attacks against media companies increase.

Both google.ie and yahoo.ie became unavailable for a prolonged period this afternoon after an "unauthorised change" was made to the domains' nameservers.

The website of Libya's domain registry, nic.ly, has been hacked with a simple message stating "bye bye Qadaffi [sic]". The hack is attributed to an individual known as 'Electr0n' and contains obvious anti-Muammar Gaddafi sentiment.

A News International website has been hacked and an article published claiming that Rupert Murdoch's body has been found in his garden. The website new-times.co.uk, a News International property, shows a replica of The Sun website and an unfounded article titled "Media moguls body discovered".

Sony Music Ireland’s website appears to have been hacked earlier this morning after three unlikely stories were published on the news section of the website. One story claimed that Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan from The Script committed suicide after their gig at the Aviva Stadium last Saturday, while another claimed scientists have proved that watching the X Factor decreases one’s “Intelligence Quote (sic)”.