Mariah Carey’s Twitter Hacked, Filled with Racial Slurs and Eminem Disses

BY: Denver Sean

Published 5 years ago

Mariah Carey’s Twitter feed is determined to end the decade strong — and hacked.

On Friday afternoon, someone got into the account and began to share truly outlandish things.

via Variety:

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A user appearing to jokingly claim numerous identities and Twitter handles began tweeting from Carey’s account at 3:23 p.m. PT, posting that “Eminem can still hold this p—y….” Another tweet read that “Eminem has a little penis.” The hacker also exhorted Carey’s followers to follow specific handles to get follows back after they were “done.”

More than 50 tweets have been posted to Carey’s 21.4 million followers since the account was hacked, some using the n-word and referring to the Chuckling Squad, a hacker group that was responsible for the hacking of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account, as well as other celebrities. At least one arrest was made in connection with the hacking of Dorsey’s account.

According to Motherboard, Dorsey’s hack was carried out using a technique called SIM-swapping, where hackers trick a wireless provider like T-Mobile or Verizon into giving control of a phone number. Hackers can then gain access to two-factor authentication SMS codes post tweets via Twitter’s now-defunct text-to-tweet functionality. It’s unknown if Carey’s hacking was carried out the same way.

Several of the tweets included photos or videos of minors with shoutouts to Twitter handles in the caption.

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The tweets appeared to have been deleted roughly 20 minutes after the hack began, with just a lone photo of a shirtless teenager holding an iPhone in front of his face and the caption “xbox n—-s” remaining.

Next time, hackers, we would really appreciate if you’d use your talents on the IRS, Experian, Equifax, and Sallie Mae — not Mariah Carey’s Twitter.

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