Apparent Fox News website hack was ‘routine maintenance’

For a short period Tuesday, the network’s top-story headline was ‘Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’ with the sub-headline, ‘Stuff yo.’ The date was also incorrect.

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That’s apparently a coincidence. While the home page was compromised, Fox News issued this tweet:

As you may have seen, http://t.co/m6O9czWONs is having issues. It’s an internal production problem and will be fixed soon. #FoxNews

— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 5, 2013

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