New Media Index: Hacking Stories Top Twitter

Online security, or the lack thereof, dominated Tweeted news links for the week of June 20-24, specifically the hacking of Dropbox and the handiwork of LulzSec, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism’s New Media Index.

Online security, or the lack thereof, dominated Tweeted news links for the week of June 20-24, specifically the hacking of Dropbox and the handiwork of LulzSec, while the June 22 speech by President Barack Obama regarding the role of the United States in the war in Afghanistan accounted for the most shared news links by bloggers, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was footage of angry Vancouver fans setting cars on fire June 15, after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup Finals, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism’s New Media Index.

The security breach against Dropbox, a website that facilitates sharing and synching files, was the subject of 28 percent of tweeted news links, while the exploits of international hacking group LulzSec — which counts the U.S.

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