i said roger goodell has died. don't delete that tweet. >> this is a relatively low level type of attack. it can be done to target somebody, somebody who's looking to get bragging rights. >> reporter: tonight, the nfl is working with law enforcement to find the source of the hack, but investigators are busy. in recent days, celebrities like katy perry, kylie jenner, drake, and mark zuckerberg have all had their accounts hijacked. some speculate it may be connected to a recently released database of old passwords and user names from linkedin and myspace. twitter says millions of passwords have been stolen in the past several weeks. we recommend people use a unique, strong password. many accounts, maybe even yours, are vulnerable. >> you should use different passwords across all your different type of social media accounts. >> reporter: late tonight, roger goodell weighed in. man, you leave the office for one day of golf and your own network kills you off. harsh. >>> we're back in a moment with a surprise reunion of

a tweet september out said roger goodell had died. not true. he's alive and well.from dominic chu. dom? >> that's how it all started and here's how it went down after that initial tweet went out. that hacked tweet was taken down just moments after being posted, published on twitter, and in what looks like an act of taunting from the hacker in question another tweet went out from the nfl's verified twitter account saying, quote, oy, i said roger goodell has died. don't delete that tweet and then another tweet went up saying, quote, okay, okay. you amateur detectives win. good job. now, all of this, of course, was happening in the midst of the nfl trying to figure out and trying to get out the message that in fact roger goodell had not passed away and nfl spokesperson brian mccarthy quickly responded and tweeted out from his own verified account that the nfl twitter account was hacked. nfl commish is alive and well. now, we did reach out to twitter. they referred us back to the nfl for any further comment on this particular issue. we have in turn reached back out to

we regret to inform fans, commissioner roger goodell has passed away, the tweet read. odell is alive and well. the nfl had been hacked. we got into a social media employee's e-mail and found the account password there, one of the hackers told the website tech insider, by e-mail. weak password have become a chronic problem according to the security firm trustwave.ow9he they account for more than a quarter of cyberbreaches. >> these are live pass words cracked in real time. >> to show how easy, trust wave analyst, gary pikaloni had we enter a seven character password. >> we can make 91 billion guesses a second. didn't take long to crack. >> here is your password here. >> my password. >> 45 second not even. >> 37. >> 37 seconds. >> well that's scary. >> reporter: pikioni says 7, 8 characters are no longer enough. >> computer hard ward reached this point we are able to attack them stow quickly, a password that small isn't practical any more. for sensitive things like financials, on line banking. >> facebook founder mark zuckerberg made the mistake. his twitter and pintere

"we regret to inform our fans that our commissioner, roger goodell, has passed away," the tweet read. but goodell is alive and well. the n.f.l. had been hacked. "we got into a social media employee's e-mail and found the account password there," one of the hackers told the web site tech insider by e-mail. weak passwords have become a chronic problem, according to the security firm trustwave, they account for more than a quarter of cyber breaches. >> that is passwords being cracked in real time. >> reporter: to show how easy it is, last year trustwave analyst had me enter a seven- character password. >> we can make almost 91 billion guesses per second. >> reporter: it didn't take long to crack. >> here's your password right here. >> reporter: that's my password. 45 seconds. not even. >> about 37. >> reporter: 37 seconds. >> 37 seconds. >> reporter: well, that's scary. >> reporter: he says seven or eight characters are no longer enough. >> computer hardware has reached this point where we're able to attack them so quickly, that a password that small just isn't practical anymore. you kno

came from the nfl's authenticated account, we regret to inform our fans that our commissioner, roger goodells passed away. he was 57. r-i-p. the message shocked the league's 19 million followers. the nfl sent scrambling to delete the bogus tweet. a league spokesman on twitter saying goodell is alive and well. >> we've had 39 of those rule changes -- >> reporter: the commissioner and the league the target of a hack. nd oi, i said roger goodell has died, don't delete that tweet. >> this is a relatively low level type of attack, it could be done to target somebody, somebody who's looking to get bragging rights. >> reporter: the nfl is working with law enforcement to find the source of the hack, but investigators are busy. in recent days celebrities like katy perry, kylie jenner, drake and mark zuckerberg all have been hacked. suspect it may be a leaked database of old users and names from linked in and myspace. many accounts maybe even yours are vulnerable. >> you shouldse different passwords across af weighed in, man, you leave the office for one day of golf and the own network kills you off.

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@nfl, we regret to inform our fans that our commissioner roger goodell has passed away. he was 57. #rip. the nfl later confirmed the hack and tweeted goodell was, quote, alive and well. the original tweet about goodell's death was retweeted over 2,000 times within minutes of it being posted. nice update. >> dozens of teenagers from london trapped on a dangerous cliff may have survived because of their cell phones. >> that's right. video shows the moment they were found. the group of more than 32 teenagers and adults used their phones as beacons to guide first responders to them. a uk coast guard spokesperson said they're lucky to be alive. >> we told you last week ubd the third grader who was banned from wearing his make america great again hat to school. well, it appears his dogs don't approve of the hat either. while logan was swimming over the weekend, his stepmother's dogs decided to use the hat as a chew toy. trump heard about the destroyed hat and his staff called logan's st stepmom to let him know they'll be sending a new one. a nice addendum to that story. >> yes. very inter

it says nfl commissioner roger goodell died. he's alive and well this morning. someone posted the tweet during the hack yesterday. analysts say it does not represent a major threat. >> this is a relatively low-level type of attack. it could be done to target somebody, somebody who is looking to get bragging rights. >> major celebrities including katy perry and mark zuckerberg had their accounts hacked recently. quote, you leave the office for a day of golf and your own network kills you off, #harsh. >>> and kashi is recalling their golean baklava bars. they have a best by date in july, august and september. giant has taken the product off the shelves and you can return them for a refund. >>> and we have breaking news where we are learning that three high school students are dead. >> this is a real tragic story out of damascus. we have confirmed that three students from clarksburg high school have died after this crash on burnt hill road. you can see right there, that is the truck. you can't really recognize it after it slammed into a tree and then was overtaken

nfl commissioner in sports, roger goodell. he is alive and well. despite what the nfl official twitter account said earlier today about him. someone hacked the account to say goodell passed away. i was taken down followed by two more tweets. goodell tweeted himself, "you leave the office for one day of golf and the network kills you off." no official word on who is responsible for the hack. maureen: still ahead on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- tropical storm colin has been downgraded. but not before leaving a wet mess in florida. look at the clean-up right june day. but will the streak continue? chief meteorologist doug hill is back with the stormwatch7 forecast up next. erin: i'm erin hawksworth with sports. will the cavs be without one of their starters for game three? details on the way. plus tiger's decision in it. will he play in his own d.c. tournament? answer when "abc7 news at 6:00" continues. leon: we have reached the end of the trail for the primary at least. six states vote today and we explain what it might tell us about the state of the race.

. - - roger goodell had died. the hacker followed it up with okay. okay. you amateur detectives, good job. >>> and 10 days ago, a 3-year- old boy slipped through the barrier at the cincinnati zoo and ended up in the hands of a gorilla. that animal had to be shot and killed. >> they are truly heart sick and they made remedial changes to the enclosure and hope ferally, this will -- hopefully, this will never happen again. >> the new barriers are 3 and a half feet taller and they have added fence to keep people out. >>> tropical storm colein made landfall in florida overnight. more now on the destruction that it left behind. >> reporter: rains, blistering winds and widespread flooding took aim at florida on monday as tropical storm colin barreled towards the sunshine state. at least one possible tornado was spotted near jacksonville. surveillance video captured the strong winds carrying through a neighborhood. >> could hear the freight train sound. >> reporter: more than 6" of rain in the state and wind gusts of 65 miles per hour sent waving surging. in manat

nfl commissioner roger goodell was the target and hackers once took over accounts belong to go facebook ceo mark zuckerberg. all of it raises the question if a social media tycoons account can be hacked how vulnerable are yours. >> reporter: commissioner roger goodell tried to make light of the situation by tweeting this proof of life photo. quote, man you leave the office for one day of golf with jim kelly, he wrote, and your own network kills you off. #, harsh. on tuesday, hackers posted these messages on nfl's verified twitter account, claiming that goodell was dead. >> when you reach a certain status, people want to take you down, it is almost a goal. >> reporter: hackers claimed they found nfl's twitter pass word in a social media employee's e-mail. other hackers were able to break into mark zuckerberg's twitter and pinterest pages because he had used the same pass word for his linkedin account. that site was breached in 2012, user data for more than 100 million members was exposed. >> everyone that is watching, has a pass word that is the same on at least one other service. it is

roger goodell was the target. hackers took over the league's twitter account yesterday and falsely claimed that goodell had died. our streaming network with,000 this happened. good morning. >> you might call roger goodell lazarus, back from the dead. in recent days hackers took over the accounts of facebook ceo mark zuckerberg, which raises the question if a social ceo can be attacked, how about yours. >> tried to make life by tweeting this proof of life photo. man, you leave the office for onone day of golf with jim kelly and your own network kills you off. #harsh. on tuesday hackers posted these message on nfl's twitter account claiming goodell was dead. >> almost everything to a certain degree is hackable when you reach a certain status, people want to take you down. it's almost a goal. >> the hackers claimed they found nfl's twitter password in a social media e-mail. other hackers able to break into mark zuckerberg's twitter and pinterest pages because he apparently had used the same password for his linkedin

meantime roger goodell is life and well despite what hackers want you to believe. the nfl account was hacked today. they found the password by hacking an employee's e-mail account. goo del was able to joke about it by saying later i'm on the golf course. you weren't h also hacked his wikipedia page and said the cause of death was deflated lungs. >> that's the important part. the league is talking to law enforcement. there are legal ramifications. you can't just go hack > a marine and his family got a heros welcome home to their brand new high tech smartphone. lance corporal thomas get shear lost both of his legs and an arm while in an ied while serving in afghanistan. they presented the family with the keys to their brand new home in leonardtown today. don't the girls look excited. >> a lot of good people out there. it means a lot to us. the result of hard work and dead education. > the captains come down to their level. the they can actually cook their own meals. the water comes out. they can get their own water with their prosthetic arm. the home is customized to

. >>> one of the most talked about topics on twitter, the premature demise of nfl commissioner roger goodell. somebody hacked the nfl's twitter account with a post reporting that goodell had died. the tweet was eventually deleted. the nfl is working to find out who hacked the account and posted the fake tweet. >>> just ahead, we are going to check out a new prison mugshot of o.j. simpson. not this one. he's definitely aged since that -- these pictures were taken. stay with us for that. the front to our south and east already. check out the pollen reading once again high for grasses and high for mold spores, you can find it on our website and also with our app. if you open up the app scroll down to weather maps and you will see the pollen reading. we will come back and talk about how strong the winds are going to be tomorrow and how long we can keep the a.c. off. >>> as we head into break, a little something to make you smile. toughy the bear is loving his new home after being rescued. his joyful flashing -- splashing has made this video one of the most popular on our wusa9 facebook page toda

it says nfl commissioner roger goodell died. he's alive and well this morning.omeone posted the tweet during the hack yesterday. analysts say it does not represent a major threat. >> this is a relatively low-level type of attack. it could be done to target somebody, somebody who is looking to get bragging rights. >> major celebrities including katy perry and mark zuckerberg had their accounts hacked recently. quote, you leave the office for a day of golf and your own network kills you off, #harsh. >>> and kashi is recalling their golean baklava bars. they have a best by date in july, august and september. giant has taken the product off the shelves and you can return them for a refund.

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