Australian justice minister calls the Feds to finger Twitter-spoofer

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is investigating a Twitter impersonator who for a few weeks claimed to be a government minister.

The account, already suspended, was @mkeenanmp and purported to belong to Michael Keenan, the federal minister for justice (and also minister assisting the prime minister on counter-terrorism).

Google only just managed to catch the fake in its cache before it was suspended.

The scandalous content of the account's Tweets included the following screen captures (because the account's suspended, we can't embed the Tweets):

The scandalous Tweets that brought down the wrath of the Australian Federal Police

Since Twitter seems to have responded almost instantly to the impersonation, it seems odd that the AFP has become involved, but that's what Murdoch organ The Herald Sun reports, noting that impersonating a minister of the crown “with intent to deceive” is good for a two-year stretch.

Given the way of such things, Vulture South won't be surprised if Australia's entire Federal Cabinet hasn't acquired impersonators by noon – at least, those members of cabinet that aren't already spoofed.

For anybody else plotting a little Twitter mischief, it's probably a good time to direct readers to this exciting Reg listicle on how not to get sued for tweeting. ®