The NFL's Twitter account was hacked with a startling message

The NFL's Twitter account was hacked on Tuesday, and whoever did it had social media gasping for a moment.

It appeared that the league was informing the country that controversial commissioner Roger Goodell had died.

It turned out to be a hoax. NFL media relations confirmed to Shutdown Corner that the account had been hacked. Goodell is alive and well.

But that was not the only attack. Along came another one, and it was fairly clear to the masses by this point that Goodell had not died.

Both posts now have been removed. But it had the league — and the football-loving Twitterverse — on its collective toes for a few minutes. Naturally, people had fun with this attack.

	Kevin Kaduk @KevinKaduk
The @NFL password was, strangely, BASEBALL. 9:47 AM - 7 Jun 2016   Joe Yerdon @JoeYerdon Inspired by the NFL's Twitter account being hacked, I will now start every tweet with "Oi!" 9:56 AM - 7 Jun 2016   Ronnie Stewart @Stewdio33 Brady camp denying any involvement with the @nfl hacked tweet about Roger Goodell pic.twitter.com/VboFezK1qc 9:57 AM - 7 Jun 2016

This hack followed one against another high-profile entity. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had his Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Instagram accounts breached briefly on Sunday. A hacker group called OurMine claimed to have gained Zuckerberg's passwords ... will anyone claim the NFL attacks?

It appears no one is safe these days.