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| BBC news app wasn't hacked (It just sent a hilariously bizarre message to users instead) | |
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| It doesn’t take much to make the internet implode and today’s cataclysmic event is brought to you by the BBC News app. | It doesn’t take much to make the internet implode and today’s cataclysmic event is brought to you by the BBC News app. |
| Its users were given a strange – and accidental – pop-up message this morning that read: “Push sucks! Pull blows!,” before talking about nudity in Game of Thrones. | Its users were given a strange – and accidental – pop-up message this morning that read: “Push sucks! Pull blows!,” before talking about nudity in Game of Thrones. |
| Mobile phone users were left scratching their heads wondering if the organisation had been hacked – unfortunately for one staff member, it was just the unintentional sending of two test push notifications. | Mobile phone users were left scratching their heads wondering if the organisation had been hacked – unfortunately for one staff member, it was just the unintentional sending of two test push notifications. |
| The message read: “NYPD Twitter campaign ‘backfires’ after hashtag hijacked. Push sucks! Pull blows! BREAKING NEWS No nudity in the latest episode of Game of Thrones!!! MORE BREAKING NEWS IIIIII like testing.” | The message read: “NYPD Twitter campaign ‘backfires’ after hashtag hijacked. Push sucks! Pull blows! BREAKING NEWS No nudity in the latest episode of Game of Thrones!!! MORE BREAKING NEWS IIIIII like testing.” |
| A more sober tone is taken underneath with: "This is a breaking news story and the BBC News app will bring you updates as soon as they are available." | A more sober tone is taken underneath with: "This is a breaking news story and the BBC News app will bring you updates as soon as they are available." |
| We apologise for previous two test push notifications which were sent in error to BBC News app subscribers | We apologise for previous two test push notifications which were sent in error to BBC News app subscribers |
| Twitter users were worried about the wellbeing of the public broadcaster. One person asked: “umm ... are you feeling ok, bbc news app?” while another quipped: “Go home BBC News app, you're drunk.” | Twitter users were worried about the wellbeing of the public broadcaster. One person asked: “umm ... are you feeling ok, bbc news app?” while another quipped: “Go home BBC News app, you're drunk.” |
| The BBC has since tweeted its apologies to the app subscribers and a further statement said: “We’ve been in the process of testing new functionality for our Apps and a test message was sent in error this morning. | The BBC has since tweeted its apologies to the app subscribers and a further statement said: “We’ve been in the process of testing new functionality for our Apps and a test message was sent in error this morning. |
| ”We apologise to our App users who were unnecessarily interrupted with the alert.” | ”We apologise to our App users who were unnecessarily interrupted with the alert.” |