NSFW – Britney has her Twitter hacked, and it ain’t pretty

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by Mike Butcher

on January 5, 2009

Handing your Twitter account to minions to post for you is common in the celebrity game, though some, like UK TV presenter Jonathon Ross, like to do it themselves. That latter strategy may well have been proved to be the wiser one. The perils of handing the Twitter keys to others has just been proved by singer Britney Spears.

Most people know that it is her staff, not her, that updates her Twitter account, but today that may have proved to have been be a bad decision. Very bad. Her latest update, said: “HI Yall! Brit Brit here, just wanted to update you all on the size of my vagina. Its about 4 feet wide with razor sharp teeth.” [Screen grab below]. The update has now been removed.

Britney has 14,095 followers on Twitter. If this is an employee and not a hacker, something tells me she’ll be running the account differently in future.

Update: It looks like it was in fact a hacker. Obama and US TV presenter Bill O’Reilly’s twitter accounts have been got at as well. TechCrunch.com has more.

http://www.siudesign.co.uk Robert Lofthouse

Awesome. Just what I wanted for 2009
http://blog.kwiqq.com Raj Anand

Oh that is nasty ! Seriously why would someone add such a nasty comment (even if they seriously dislike Britney)
http://www.thegingermonkey.blogspot.com Chris Reed

Someone’s been having a hacking field day by the looks of things…Fox News has also been caught out. By someone who doesn’t like Bill O Riley (sic) by the looks of things. (via Valleywag)
http://www.richard-marshall.com Richard M Marshall

There is always the option that she sent this herself while under the influence of something.
http://wearesocial.net/ Robin Grant

Heh – it’s quite amusing, you must admit.

Sorry Mike, I have to do the obligatory plug though – If she’d (or Sony BMG, I presume) had used a company like http://wearesocial.net/ to advise her (as Stephen Fry has done), she wouldn’t be in this situation…
umm

Stephen Fry: “Lawks. Hope I haven’t been phished for all my details. Clicked on scam URL last night before I knew what it was. Eeek. x” about 22 hours ago from Tweetie
http://cabalamat.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/britney-spears-has-a-4-foot-wide-vagina/ Britney Spears has a 4 foot wide vagina « Amused Cynicism

[...] by cabalamat on 2009-Jan-06 Either that, or her Twitter account’s been cracked, since a message was put on it saying “HI Yall! Brit Brit here, just wanted to update you all [...]
adrian munnery

ooooooooooo r ya, are ya farting ok?
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http://michaelrose.tumblr.com Michael Rose

What I love about this story is that Mr Fry will notice, comment and probably delete the Tweet. He’s an active, transparent, user and not all about the self-publicity and self-absorption.

Getting hacked can be a badge of honour, like having your own stalker was in the late 90s. As @builtbydave points out there is little harm done when the service doesn’t include direct debit payments, bank details, etc. I’m much more concerned about Gmail (or even Audible) accounts getting hacked.

If I was a celebrity I think I could laugh it off pretty quick.
Ebz

extremely awesome.
http://www.estereofonica.com/hackean-la-cuenta-en-twitter-de-britney-spears/ Hackean la cuenta en Twitter de Britney Spears | Estereofonica.com

[...] Fuente: TechCrunch . [...]
http://www.u-g-h.com Owen

Until Twitter implement a mechanism to allow controlled access to your account without giving out your password, then (and the recent spate of phishing attacks) is just going to keep happening ..
http://shesadouchebag.com Andrea

Hmm, maybe “Twatter” ?
http://twogeeksandablog.com/starbuck/oprahs-on-twitter-no-end-times-in-sight/ Two Geeks and a Blog :: Geek News :: Oprah’s on Twitter, no End Times in sight

[...] the decline these days the attacks on the Twitter infrastructure are still present (source one and two). Protecting the infrastructure is key to Twitter’s growth and with it becoming a [...]
http://AshleighSchroll.com Cyril Desamito

I love Britney’s music a lot and i like the new song rader and i love so much that i can not stop playing it all the time.
http://PIONEER2200UB.INFO Reinaldo Hanan

Britney has brought together several songwriters to write her upcoming album. And I beleived it was supposed to come from the heart!
http://www.pinecreekdental.com/dental-services-colorado-springs-co/ Ed McGoldrick

Talk about dental problems in the worst places LOL! I don’t get why celebs’ social network accounts keep on getting hacked and stuff. Maybe paparazzi hire hackers for more scoops nowadays. I don’t know any of my neighbors here in Colorado Springs getting hacked so I really think it was an intended attack.