By Gillian West

A BBC breaking news alert, which followers assumed was in Arabic, whipped social media users into a frenzy last night (Friday 2 September) as people thought the broadcaster had been hacked by Isis.

Former BBC economics editor Robert Peston was among the first to notice the message, tweeting: ‘BBC has just pushed this breaking news alert to my phone. Anyone know what it means?’

The topic quickly trended Read full story ›

Source: The Drum