80 | 15 AUGUST 2019 http://www.drum.co.za
‘Whenyouwake
upand realize
yourTwitter
got hacked
while you
were asleep!’
‘‘WWhh k
STARBUZZ
JESSICAALBA’ssocial-mediaaccounts
havebeenhacked,seeminglybya would-
beblackmailer,demanding“justoneper-
cent”oftheactressandbusinesswoman’s
multi-million-dollarfortune.
Thehackerpostedpro-Nazimessages
andtoldJessica’sfollowerstofollow
themata Twitteraccount,andflooded
herTwitterandInstagrampageswith
supportforrapperYNWMelly,who
is facinga double-murdercharge.
Onemessagefromthehacker
read:“Jessica,whenI wasa littlekid, 6
yearsold,I usedtowatchfantastic
four,andI lovedyoupleaseforgiveme
I’mjusthavingfun[sic].”
Themessageswerequicklytaken
downbyherteambutscreenshots
showeda seriesofracist,homophobic,anti-
Semiticandotheroffensivetweets.
Whennormalityhadbeenrestoredtoher
accounts,sheseemedtobe ingoodspirits
aboutthecyberattack,andposteda picture
of her1-year-oldson,HAYESALBAWARREN,
crying.Shecaptionedthesnap:“Me
yesterday– whenyouwakeupandrealize
yourTwitter got hacked while you were
asleep!”.