Fast Company’s Apple News entry hijacked to ship an obscene push notification

It’s been a short while since we had a high-profile media feed hijacking, however tonight somebody despatched an Apple News notification from Fast Company containing a racial slur and invitation for a selected sexual act. They additionally posted related content material to the outlet’s web site, indicating its CMS or an account on it has been compromised.

Apple and Fast Company haven’t commented on the incident but, and it’s unclear precisely how many individuals acquired the blast, however a go searching social media reveals it went out broadly — Vox Media staffers who don’t subscribe to Fast Company say it popped up on their telephones as effectively.

We’ve seen hackers take over Twitter feeds, YouTube channels, press launch newswires, and sometimes deface web sites, however an Apple News alert takeover could also be a primary. However, as startup exec Zack Wynegar notes, whereas the message despatched was obscene and offensive, somebody with that type of entry may’ve gone one other route to control inventory markets or crypto costs, just like the Walmart Litecoin crypto hoax final yr.