Britney Spears’ official Twitter and Twitpic were compromised earlier today and a fake announcement sent out saying that she was dead. The star’s social network was thought to have been accessed by someone getting hold of her TwitPic details and using that to send out an automatic message. The message they sent maliciously said “Britney has passed today. It is a sad day for everyone. More to come.”
Britney Spears Official Twitter: Showing the fake tweet (click to enlarge)
Ellen DeGeneres and Diddy’s Twitter accounts also posted fake death announcements today, as part of the same nasty attack. This is so freakin’ mean. After all the celebrity deaths in the past week or two, this is the last thing people need. This is the kind of news that has possum fans throwing themselves off bridges. They don’t take this kind of prank well.
There are still wife-beaters and booty shorts to be worn and nip wars to fight with Fish Lips 2.0 (Fish Lips 2.0 is winning the battle of the nips at this point). Our beloved possum is alive and well and I for one hope the bed-wetting hacker is caught.
The most recent message on her page says, “Britney’s Twitter was just hacked. The last message is obviously not true. She is fine and dandy spending a quiet day at home relaxing.”
This is a bit much, especially with 4 celbrity deaths in the past week. It wouldn’t be as bad if not for that (hacking aside), but this is just not the time to b claiming folks are dead, y’know?
The hacking was almost clever, but the message they sent out was so sick. Ugh. It’s a dangerous time to be a celebrity and it’s not even wise to tempt fate.
This is why some celebrities refuse to have Twitter accounts. Why is it so easy to hack that site?!
It’s a clever way that they hacked it, as they used Twitpic to get around her Twitter settings. So clever and devious and sooo the reason, some of the non-tween celebrities are steering well clear of the site.
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