Lana Del Rey's Twitter page hacked
Lana Del Rey has fallen victim to an Internet hacker, who took over her Twitter page and sent out explicit and racist messages.
The cyber criminal accessed the Summertime Sadness singer's social media page on Tuesday (07Jun16) and began sending out multiple disparaging tweets about Muslims while referencing the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.
"bush did 911," one message read, referencing then-U.S. president
George W. Bush, while another communicated, "all muslims are
terrorists".
There were also sexually explicit messages posted.
The vile items were the first tweets to appear on Del Rey's Twitter
page since 4 April (16), and they were quickly removed.
The nasty tweets appeared to be the work of Romanian hacker
Sw4ylol, who is also believed to be the prankster behind messages
sent from Katy Perry’s account on 30 May (16). Those tweets
referenced Taylor Swift, whose account had previously been hacked
in 2015.
The Del Rey hacks are also similar to the ones posted on Kylie
Jenner’s Twitter account on Monday (06Jun16). The cyber criminal
behind them tagged both Swift and Perry in tweets and also
mentioned Justin Bieber in a lewd message, and the existence of a
sex tape featuring Jenner and her rapper ex Tyga.
Jenner posted a Snapchat video to assure fans she was “just letting
(the hacker) have fun".
All of the offensive tweets have since been removed from Perry,
Jenner, and Del Rey’s accounts.
Lana has yet to comment on the messages posted on Tuesday and
attributed to @lolsw4y.
After gaining access to Katy Perry's social media accounts last
week, Sw4ylol leaked an unreleased Perry track, called Witness 1.3,
via a SoundCloud link.
The prankster later shared a screenshot of an email received from
SoundCloud officials ordering him or her to take the song off the
site, after they were contacted by the Universal Music Group on
behalf of the singer.