Nothing was put on risk. The person/group who did this not only removed the fake tweet in question but also showed enough respect (if you actually read the whole article).

> "P.S. I deleted that post from his micro-blog a few minutes later, cause my delicate mental organization didn’t allow me to injure a huge army of Stephen Fry fans."

Assuming the "hack" was real (no way to prove it IMO), I rather be hacked by this person than someone else with malicious intent. No harm done, as a matter of fact this will probably help to secure whatever hole was in the system. Do you think we would give a flying-frack if the twitter account in question didn't belong to Stephen Fry or anyone famous?

I doubt it.