Soon after, Spears manager confirmed to CNN that Spears was alive and well following the hoax.
EARLIER:Fake news strikes again.
Spears fans were alarmed when tweets from verified accounts appeared to announce her death.
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Britney Spears is dead by accident!
We will tell you more soon, read one tweet from Sony Music Globals account.
Rest in peace, Britney Spears, read another from no less than Bob Dylans verified account.
The tweets in question were deleted shortly thereafter.
I assume their account has been hacked,Adam Leber, Spears manager, told CNN.
I havent spoken to anyone… as of yet but I am certain their account was hacked.
Britney is fine and well.
(Representatives for Spears did not immediately respond to EWs request for comment.)
Hacker group OurMine appears to have been behind the posts.
@britneyspears is still alive!!
OurMine was also behind recent similar hacks of accounts forMarvelandBuzzFeed.
The Spears fake-out comes after some significant recent celebrity deaths and health crises.
