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Comments on: Hackers blamed for wave of fake death tweets

Hackers are suspected to have broken into Twitpic accounts belonging to Britney Spears, Ellen DeGeneres, and P. Diddy to post false death announcements.

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by d4nowar June 29, 2009 7:13 PM PDT
"After the sad news about Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Ed McMahon dying"

You forgot Billy Mays: the hardest working man on television. RIP
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by brienza1975 June 29, 2009 8:15 PM PDT
"Hi, Billy Mays here....I'm Dead!"
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by Calbone746 June 29, 2009 9:15 PM PDT
Apostrophes are not difficult. If the journalists can't save us, what hope do we have?

Spears -> possessive as Spears'.
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by meyersm June 30, 2009 10:35 AM PDT
Thanks for reading, and for catching. All fixed now!
by indiemixer June 29, 2009 11:56 PM PDT
Talk about a massive Rick Roll with the fake Rick Astley death.
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by hassan_bin_sober June 30, 2009 1:14 PM PDT
Celebrity deaths? ...Who gives a crap unless your in the will.
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by Harrison912 June 30, 2009 2:23 PM PDT
I use Twitter to socailly market my safety and security web site so I'm always interested in anything going on there but especially anything security related. Thanks, Dara!
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