Early Monday morning FoxNews sent out a series of Twitter posts stating that President Obama was dead.

Apparently, the Twitter account had been hacked by an unknown source. The Hacker sent out six messages describing the assassination of Obama by two fatal gunshots.

Although the posts weren’t available for long, many Twitter followers were distressed by the abrupt news.

FoxNews apologized profusely for the false information explaining

Hackers sent out several malicious and false Tweets claiming that President Obama had been assassinated. Those reports are incorrect, of course, and the president is spending the July 4 holiday with his family. The hacking is being investigated, and FoxNews.com regrets any distress the false Tweets may have created

Should this hack-attack be treated as a high spirited prank or should this be cause for alarm?