A bogus tweet from the Associated Press claiming that there were two exposions at the White House caused the stock market to briefly tumble just after 1pm EDT today. NBC news is saying that the AP has called the tweet 'bogus' but is not saying anything else at this time.
The Dow Jones Average dropped from around 14,700 to 14,554 before recovering as fast as it dropped.
The Twitter account is currently showing as 'Suspended'
From comments by ssmt
Buzzfeed took a screenshot:
https://twitter.com/...
Reuters article about how incredibly fragile our economy is based on a weak password and no one double checking a second source:
http://www.reuters.com/...