News - 06/06/2016

Hacking galore: Keith Richards, Tame Impala and Bon Iver had their Twitter accounts hacked last weekend

Hacking galore: Keith Richards, Tame Impala and Bon Iver had their Twitter accounts hacked last weekend

Hackers had their fun during last weekend: indeed Keith Richards, Tame Impala, Bon Iver and Tenacious D all had their Twitter accounts hacked over the weekend.

Bon Iver's nick was changed to "@ihavelegcancer" and an inappropriate tweet about the late Muhammad Ali was posted. Worse: Tame Impala's account sent out a bomb threat, posting: "I HAVE 15 C4’S IN MY BAG AND 12 PIPEBOMBS IN MY BAG ALSO" at the account of US airline Jet Blue. Then Tenacious D's account announced the death of Jack Black - it has since been made clear that Black is alive and well, so don't worry.

The accounts of Bon Iver and Keith Richards later informed followers that they had been hacked:

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