Bow Wow hacked by wannabe star
Bow Wow has been targeted by a wannabe rapper who hacked into his account on Twitter.com, demanded $10,000, and ordered fans to download his music.
The mystery cyber-crook broke into the Like You hitmaker's page on the microblogging site on Tuesday (21Aug12) and bombarded the star's 2.3 million followers with more than a dozen messages.
He ordered them to download his mixtape and insisted he would only
stop the hack attack once he had reached a download limit and was
given $10,000.
Bosses at Bow Wow's record label Universal Republic even contacted
the hacker directly via Twitter's message system to try to stop the
attack, but the mystery man vowed to continue on Wednesday
(22Aug12).
In a series of tweets, he writes, "I got Bow Twitter on smash
follow me... I'm the haaacker (sic)... Bow u (sic) want pg (your
page) back I want 10k... All I want from Bow Wow is 10k and a
follow and ill (sic) stop this."
He later added, "Man I'm getting dms (direct messages) from
Universal. Look I'm sorry Bow Wow man ima (I'm a) fan I know you
can read your timeline I just want to be heard can you help...
People are either hating on me or just taking me for a joke. I want
10k and a follow Bow Wow please. This is my dream. I'll be back in
the am."