President Obama not hurt; White House not attacked – Hacked twitter AP account sends false message

U.S. President Obama waves as he leaves the White House. PHOTO/AP

President Barack Obama is not injured and there have not been explosions at the White House.

The false message sent from the hacked twitter account belonging to the Associated Press, claimed there had been explosions at the White House and that the president had been injured.

The impact of the false message resulted in the Dow Jones industrial average dropped about 130 points, around 1 percent – however, it rebounded once it was established that the tweet was indeed false, and that the president was indeed fine.

It is not yet known who was behind the hacking of the account.

The Associated Press has suspended its twitter account.