Another celebrity was the victim of the hackers, Mariah Carey ‘s Twitter account appears to have been hacked on New Year’s Eve.
The Twitter account of Mariah Carey was hacked on New Year’s Eve, attackers posted a series of offensive, racist and lewd tweets. The messages also contained sexual insults against the about rapper Eminem.
“Mariah Carey’s Twitter account appeared to have been hacked Tuesday afternoon, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. ”
“Screenshots show a series of inappropriate tweets apparently sent out from Carey’s account — the singer has 21.4 million followers on Twitter — on New Year’s Eve.”
The tweets began around 3 pm PST and continued throughout the day, several messages used the N-word and tagged other Twitter accounts.
The Chuckling Squad has taken credit for a number of attacks on high-profile Twitter accounts, including beauty
It is not clear how hackers compromised the Mariah Carey ‘s account, in the hack of Dorsey’s account attackers used SIM-swapping attack to take over the account.
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(SecurityAffairs – Mariah Carey, hacking)
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