Andi Arief, the disaster management adviser to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the President of Indonesia, watch as his Twitter account was hacked this week.

While hacked Twitter accounts are nothing new, the hacker decided to spread a Tsunami warning to Arief’s followers, which in turn led to panic in the country which has already seen one recent Tsunami kill 100 people.

The message read:

“Besok jakarta tsunami.”

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