Jack Dorsey’s ongoing mission to increase the civility of public discourse suffered a setback Friday, when an anonymous hacker took over his Twitter account for 20 minutes and retweeted @taytaylov3r’s claim that “nazi germany did nothing wrong.”
Twitter, as you likely know if you've spent any time there, has an ongoing, well-documented problem with Nazis, white supremacists, and other extremists. It appears taytaylov3r's account has since been suspended.
The hijacking of the company CEO's account appears to have started at around 3:45 pm Eastern time, when the @jack account fired off nearly two dozen tweets and retweets. Several of the tweets were tagged #ChucklingSquad, the name of an apparent group of hackers who have been on an account-takeover spree this week. Before Dorsey, they hit numerous influencers, including Zane Hijazi of the popular Zane and Heath podcast, and Anthony Brown, who goes by BigJigglyPanda. Chuckling Squad also appears to have compromised and posted mocking messages to the account of YouTuber Etika, who was found dead in June. ..
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