A writer from Tennessee recently claimed that he is responsible for the CNN hacking hoax and was questioned by the FBI on New Year's Day about it.

David Garrett Jr. was interviewed for an hour by two agents from the Knoxville FBI on the first day of the year. The writer said that "I'm pretty smart, but I'm not a hacker."

Garrett revealed that he is responsible for the CNN hacking news as reported on the Pastebin website. The post demanded that CNN must turn over news anchor Wolf Blitzer, which alerted FBI officers.

On Dec. 31, Garrett who is a security news writer for the Examinertweeted about his involvement in the hoax. He wrote:  "My fake pastbin post is being investigated by the FBI. I wrote for CNN to "give us the Wolf" and the FBI is actually taking it as a threat. It was a joke. And to show that no one investigates anything. Everything is rumors. I had no idea it would be taken seriously."

Aside from his tweet, the writer uploaded several pictures of his internet history as an evidence.

Garrett 's most recent tweet hinted that the Examiner cut him off from his writing job. The writer posted a message saying that his status as an Examiner (writer) has been terminated and his account has been deactivated effective immediately.

The CNN hoax was motivated by Garrett's belief that North Korea is not behind the Sony Hack as the FBI presumed. The writer thinks that the hackers are insiders from Sony or former employees of the company.

The alarm from Garrett's post was also fueled by the fact that FBI issued a Joint Intelligence Bulletin to U.S companies on Christmas Eve saying that the hackers are allegedly targeting news organizations that reported the Sony incident.

As a response, FBI Knoxville issued a statement to WATE 6 about the CNN hoax. Special Agent Marshall Stone said that the FBI is aware of the recent online threats to private organizations. Any threats will be taken seriously and will be investigated.

FBI will maintain awareness by sharing possible threats to law enforcement groups and other organizations. The agent also encouraged the public to share any news about potential threats whether online or not.