“Dow Jones Newswires had a ‘technical error’ which caused the portal to report several spurious stories including several headlines claiming Google was acquiring Apple for $9 billion, and that the deal was pre-arranged with Steve Jobs in his will,” Benjamin Mayo reports for 9to5Mac.
“Obviously, every element of the story is made up, but it’s pretty funny to see the temporal blip on Apple’s stock price, which briefly spiked up to $158,” Mayo reports. “The fake stories have now been removed by DJ.”
Mayo reports, “Dow Jones provided the following statement on the matter. ‘Please disregard the headlines that ran on Dow Jones Newswires between 9:34 a.m. ET and 9:36 a.m. ET. Due to a technical error, the headlines were published. All of those headlines are being removed from the wires. We apologize for the error.'”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Technical error? Sounds like an April Fool’s joke got published by mistake.
Haha! October fools!
Dow Jones Victim Of Hacking Prank
…More like.
Wow! Best *Ding*bat attack the in months! You flatter me.
RU all News Corp bots? (^_^)/
Yes, it was brilliant in its verisimilitude. Mine have been just as brazen, but not quite as echoey.
BTW: I note that Dow Jones was previously hacked in both 2011 and 2015. With these three data points I note that the hacking frequency would appear to be increasing. See you again next year!
Lol. Now, that’s rich 🤣😂🤣🤣🤤🤤😆🙂
Russians trying to boost El Cheeto Traitor.
Would have been more believable the other way around (not that I think its a good idea, just more believable.)
Dow Jones is part of the Murdoch Empire of Disinformation™ and spans from Faux Noise Channel to the Wall Street Journal Editorial Page- home of more fantasy than Heavy Metal Magazine & the Movie.
For those too young to remember here is the title track with scenes from the show.
Oh how I remember that “Cherry Pie” video!
Somebody cut some 80s stuff into the video. The 80’s were a great time.
Many will think it’s a prediction of the future as Google value multiplies and Apple’s value fades. In fact, it may not be that far off into the future. Google’s growth is being predicted to skyrocket yearly into double figures over the next five years. Apple… not so much… zzzzzzz.