Katy Perry's Twitter account got hacked

We see social media accounts getting hacked all the time, but not every time it's the most-followed account on Twitter. Last night, Twitter account of pop superstar Katy Perry, with 89 million followers, was hacked. The account then tweeted "miss u" messages to Perry's curvation rival Taylor Swift, and spewed homophobic corruption.

Katy Perry's Twitter account, the nearly-followed, got hacked

The most pop Twitter account in the earth got hacked last dark. Twitter itself has only 55 million followers, making Katy Perry the near followed Twitter account. A hacker managed to proceeds access to the popular star's Twitter account late Mon night, spewing corruption and a dearest message for vocalist'due south rival pop star Taylor Swift. While the incident was speedily cleaned upwardly later a few racist tweets, an unreleased song has also reportedly leaked in the latest hacking endeavour.

It appears Katy Perry's Twitter -- with her more than than 89 million followers -- has been hacked… picture.twitter.com/VmTVKJYGqj

— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) May 31, 2022

The singer's hacked account was signed off with a tweet telling users to "follow @sw4ylol #hackersgonnahack", claiming responsibility for the hack. The hacker also posted a screenshot of Perry'south e-mail account and a takedown find from SoundCloud for the song Witness one.3, subsequently the song was removed, reportedly having been leaked. The music-hosting site'due south automatic copyright protections took the vocal down, screenshot of which was proudly shared by the hacker. The business relationship likewise tweeted a link to Witness 1.iii on SoundCloud, which is believed to be an unreleased song. The link to this SoundCloud file was removed by Twitter, forth with other tweets that hacker made from the account. @sw4ylol'south account withal shows the takedown notification.

https://twitter.com/sw4ylol/status/737465286115237888

While it's not articulate how the business relationship was breached, final night'due south incident is another reminder to start protecting your online accounts. Strong passwords, two-cistron hallmark, updated email accost, all assistance in keeping online accounts safe from hacking attempts.

Owning the most pop account on Twitter, Katy Perry is followed by Justin Bieber with 82 1000000 followers, and Taylor Swift at 78 million followers.