A teenager may be behind a bogus story posted on CNN’s public-journalism Web site earlier that month that said Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack and was being rushed to the hospital.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission immediately launched an study into the false story posted by “Johntw” on CNN’s iReport.com after the news caused Apple’s stock to plunge nearly six percent that day, from $106.50 to $94.65.

A teenager is to blame, according

to Bloomberg News, which cited two unnamed sources “with knowledge of the matter” who did not want to be identified considering the “probe isn’t public.”

The teenager did not post the story to CNN’s site as a way to affect Apple’s stock or for financial gain, according to Bloomberg.

“When [the SEC] asked us for positive data when all of that went down in the beginning, we coordinated with them in compliance with […]

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