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Hacker gets NFL Twitter, fakes Roger Goodell's death

Roger Goodell now has something in common with Jack Black — both have been the targets of fake death reports via Twitter.

The NFL, apparently, was hit by the same group that got to Tenacious D's account over the weekend. Plenty of celebrity accounts have been compromised recently, thanks to a LinkedIn security breach.

That's how you get these:

Chances NFL's Twitter password is still 1234? pic.twitter.com/qD5He87UrM

— Neil Greenberg (@ngreenberg) June 7, 2016

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"Make the password 'protecttheshield.