ICE_POSEIDON named by TV news station after Tampa mayor\u2019s Twitter gets hacked ICE_POSEIDON, YouTube \/ Netral EnglishPopular IRL streamer ICE_POSEIDON has been linked to the hacking of a Florida mayor\u2019s Twitter account, as told by a local news outlet for the city of Tampa. A television segment covering the story from \u2018Tampa 10 News\u2019 claimed that POSEIDON had been tagged in a few of the hacker\u2019s offending tweets, which have since been deleted from the mayor\u2019s account. The segment went on to claim that POSEIDON \u201cspews racist and extreme views online,\u201d hinting that the streamer could be the hacker behind the malicious attack. However, POSEIDON wasn\u2019t the only popular internet personality mentioned in the hacker\u2019s tweets; YouTube king Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg was also named by TIME in their coverage of the incident. TIME reported that the hacker had encouraged viewers to subscribe to PewDiePie in one post, likely due to his ongoing battle against Bollywood label T-Series. https:\/\/www.tubefilter.com\/2018\/11\/12\/pewdiepie-continues-to-outrun-t-series\/The tweets in question were reported to have contained \u201cracist and pornographic content,\u201d with some even threatening a ballistic missile launch in the area. \u201cI have hidden a bomb in a package somewhere,\u201d one tweet read. \u201cLooking forward to seeing some minorities die.\u201d https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LiveFails\/comments\/atscuc\/ding_ding_accused_of_hacking_tampa_mayors_twitter\/The hack was targeted at Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn on February 21, and occurred just ahead of the city\u2019s mayoral election. Buckhorn claimed that he intends to \u201chunt down\u201d the perpetrator in response to the attack. While ICE_POSEIDON has yet to speak out on the matter via his social media accounts, users across Reddit are not pleased with the station\u2019s coverage of the issue \u2013 with some arguing that he can sue for \u201cdefamation of character.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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