The Yahoo UK tweet that read "Niall has left One Direction!!" created uproar among the fans over the weekend and the hashtag #ReasonsNiallLeftOneDirection instantly began trending.
Yahoo UK took to Twitter to clarify the rumour. "Morning everyone. Just so you know, Niall Horan isn't in fact leaving 1D, our account was hacked last night. We repeat, Niall isn't leaving," they tweeted.
"And it would seem that we weren't the only ones either. sugarscape were also hacked. Sorry for any upset this has caused," they added.
Meanwhile, Sugarscape tweeted, "So while we were fast asleep, it turns out someone hacked our account. Very sorry for any heart attacks caused.