Hacked New York Times twitter account says “Russia will attack the US”

YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, ARMENPRESS. The New York Times Twitter account appears to have been hacked, the Hill reports.

The @NYTvideo account tweeted “BREAKING: leaked statement from Vladimir Putin says: Russia will attack the United States with Missiles”.

The post was taken down by 10 a.m. The screenshot has been published by The Hill.

Around 10:15, The New York TimesVideo account tweeted "We deleted a series of tweets published from this account earlier today without our authorization. We are investigating the situation."

Hacked New York Times Twitter warns of imminent Russian missile attackhttps://t.co/7xCjVx3fvs pic.twitter.com/5wDJGppNeF

— The Hill (@thehill) January 22, 2017