A series of posts about Twitter Alarming President Appeared on Fox News Obama&&9;s Twitter account for Political news early Monday morning, and the Web site for the cable television network Said It Was a victim of hacking.

The Twitter account, @ foxnewspolitics, one of Many operated by Fox News, Claimed That the president fatally shot while ADH-been campaigning in Iowa, goal Gave no source for the news. On Monday morning, FoxNews.com first posted a brief statement Were Saying That the reports incorrect, and That it regretted "the distress Any false Tweets May Have Created."

The six messages Were removed around noon on Monday, about 10 hours After Being posted, but not a flurry of Before Attracting attention.

Because of the seriousness of the content, senior Secret Service Officials Held a conference call Monday morning to Discuss The Post, a law enforcement official Said Who Requested anonymity Because of the investigation Into the matter.

A Spokesman for the Secret Service, George Ogilvie, Said, "We are Investigating the matter and Will Be Conducting Appropriate follow-up." The White House Declined to how.

In a statement Monday afternoon, Twitter Indicated That Its Own HAD servers not-been broken Into, INSTEAD, the e-mail account associated with the Specific Twitter feed HAD Been Compromised, and from the hacker or hackers There HAD Been Able to gain access. Twitter Referred Other questions about the incident to Fox News.

Fox News Did not Respond to Repeated request for comments on Twitter&&9;s explanation.Simply year it reiterated Earlier statement from Jeff bet, vice president and general manager of Fox News Digital, Saying, "We Will Be Requesting A detailed investigation from Twitter about how this Occurred, and Measures to Prevent Unauthorized Access Into FoxNews.com future accounts. "

The FoxNews.com Twitter account for Political news, about 36.000 Which HAS followers, Had Been sleeping Since Friday, at about 2 am goal Monday, a message posted WAS eerily presaged That There That Would follow the posts about the president: "just full Regained access to our Twitter and email. Happy 4th. "The next post Said That the president" has just Passed. The President is dead.4th of July A sad indeed. "

The next one Said HE HAD been "shot Twice in the lower pelvic area and in the neck, shooter unknown," and Offered the Disturbing detail That he "bled out." The next post Said That the president HAD Been shot at Ross&&9;s restaurant in Iowa.

The last message Stated: "We wish the best @ joebiden of luck as our new President of the United States. In Such A time of madness, There&&9;s light at the end of the tunnel. "

Mr. Obama HAD Been Spending the weekend with family history at Camp David, and Returned to the White House on Sunday, According To the official schedule.

FoxNews.com posted a short statement early Monday Explaining What Happened HAD: "Hackers and malicious SEVERAL feels out false Tweets Claiming That President Obama HAD Been Assassinated. Those reports are incorrect, of course, and the President Is Spending the July 4 holiday with family history.The hacking IS Being investigated, and FoxNews.com Any regrets the distress created false Tweets May Have. "

Twitter accounts are hacked from time to time, Monday&&9;s incident aim Attracted national attention to assassination Because HAD Been Mentioned year and a major news organization HAD Been Affected. Increasingly, News Organizations like Fox News Have Embraced Twitter as a Means of promotion and interaction with readers pay day loan lenders.

The false Twitter posts about Mr. Obama seemed more provocative Because Even Fox News IS Widely Perceived to Be a voice of opposition to the Obama administration. On Monday, Thousand of people on Twitter poked fun at the incident at Fox News and by pretending to Fox&&9;s Twitter guess passwords.

A Spokeswoman for Twitter, Carolyn Penner, Why Would not address the posts to the Fox News Political account on Twitter stayed up so long, nor Would she address reports about Who Was Responsible.

A group calling Itself the Script Kiddies Claimed Responsibility for hacking the Fox News Twitter account, According To Adam Peck, the outgoing editor of Think, an online student magazine operated at Stony Brook University on Long Island, Who Said HE HAD Communicated via instant message early Monday with a member of the group.

The Script Kiddies, Mr. Peck Said, Had Its Own posted to Twitter account hacked it That The Political Twitter account of Fox News and wanted to speak to The Huffington Post, Supplying year address at the instant messaging service AIM. Mr. Peck, 23, Said figured ET ET Would try the address as well.

The first conversation Took place around 12:38 am, Mr. Peck Said, Before the inflammatory posts to Twitter Appeared. "What We Did Ask Them Their purpose WAS," Mr. Peck said."They Said That THEY DID align with Themselves and the antisec Anonymous movement, &&9;he added, meaning" antisecurity movement, "or efforts to uncover information Intended corporations or Governments seek to hide.

In the instant message, the person Claiming to Be a representative of the Script Kiddies to Mr. Peck Said That there "Will Always Be a group of people That Need to stand up for everyone else and the Governments Attempt to keep in balance with Its People . &&9;The person Claimed to Be a member of the better train-Known hacker group Anonymous.

According To the instant-message record, Mr. Peck Which Provided to The New York Times, the Person with Whom ET Communicated Script Kiddies at Fox News Said That "Was selected figured Because We Would Be Their security just as much of a joke as Their reporting. "

Mr.Said Peck ET contacted again to the Script Kiddies When The postings about the first president Were published, Asking if the hacked the HAD group Twitter feed.

Said Mr. Peck ET Received a message in response: "I can not confirm at this time That. Stay tuned. "

Adding to the confusion, the Twitter account for the Script Kiddies at Some point seemed to Disappear, Mr. Peck said. He Said HE started "frantically searching to find corroboration of Elsewhere this story." Goal After 10 minutes of it anywhere online Finding not, He Said It Was ET figured the work of the Script Kiddies.

SEVERAL news reports Referred Have to Think&&9;s interview, aim for a time on Monday, the WAS link to the interview disabled. Mr. Peck, Who Will Be graduating in December with a degree in journalism, ET Suspected Said That Happened Because the shutdown of overuse.

"We&&9;re not HAVING Used To All That Much traffic, &&9;he said.

Eric Schmitt Contributed reporting.

This Article has-been revised to Reflect the Following correction:

Correction: July 4, 2011

An Earlier version of this article erroneously Defined the "antisec movement" as meaning "anti-secrecy." In fact-it means "anti-security."

Hackers commandeer a Fox News Twitter Account