So-Called News

01-Apr-18: Elon Musk tweet an April Fool's joke about Tesla going bankrupt (source)

10-Oct-17: Dow Jones erroneously reports that Google and Apple will merge (example source)

14-Jul-15: Fake Bloomberg site reports a Twitter buyout (example source)

14-May-15: Fake company offers to buy Avon at a 200% premium (example source)

13-May-14: Fake Tower International Group buyout (SEC complaint)

23-Apr-13: Associated Press tweets "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House". The AP's Twitter account had been hacked (source)

18-Dec-12: Rocky Mountain Chocolate acquisition hoax (source)

30-Mar-11: Fake $3 billion bid for American Airlines (source)

19-Mar-11: Another fake bid from AWMS Acquisition (aka Sterling Global Holdings), this time for Kodak (source)

24-Aug-00: Fake Emulex restatement announcement (source)

Epic AP Twitter Account Hack in 2013