Sony Music’s Twitter account gets hacked, falsely reports death of Britney Spears

Looks like hacker group #OurMine is at it again and this time it targets Sony Music Global’s Twitter account. An early morning tweet showed up on its account saying Britney Spears died “by accident” and followed by the #RIPBritney. A retraction was later tweeted saying a “new IP” address was spreading the false rumour. The hashtag #OurMine was in the retraction tweet suggesting the group is the one responsible for the erroneous tweet. Both of the tweets you see above have been taken down but not before people have managed to take screenshots of it.

#OurMine previously hacked Twitter accounts of Netflix, NFL, and even Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. We won’t be surprised if the group targets another high profile account in the future.

Source: CNET

Sony Music CEO confirms Apple’s new music streaming service ahead of WWDC

It seems to be Apple is cooking up their new music streaming service, at least according to Sony Music CEO Doug Morris. He confirmed rumours about this service just ahead of WWDC keynote tomorrow. Morris made the announcement while speaking at the Midem music industry conference in Cannes, France and while he didn’t talk about the specifics, it definitely points to a high probability that a music related announcement is coming.

Morris believes that Apple’s entry into the music streaming game might boost the business for the company and its competitors. “My guess is that Apple will promote this like crazy and I think that will have a halo effect on the streaming business,” he said. 

Source: VentureBeat | Via: MacWorld