A Twitter troll somehow managed to gain access to the National Football League’s official Twitter account (@NFL) today. In his brief window of control, the hacker used the account to (falsely) announce the death of commissioner Roger Goodell before NFL PR representative Brian McCarthy intervened.
The @nfl Twitter account was hacked. @nflcommish is alive and well.
— Brian McCarthy (@NFLprguy) June 7, 2016
In the time the account was compromised, it followed one Twitter user whose account is now suspended. Presumably, the suspended account belongs to the hacker himself, and he was even kind enough to let us know the old password (which was much stronger than Mark Zuckerberg’s, who also got Twitter hacked this week).
The dude's Twitter account that allegedly hacked the NFL's handle is now suspended pic.twitter.com/tPKhRp48nJ
— Chelsea Gates (@ChelseaGatesTV) June 7, 2016
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The NFL has since regained control of its account, Twitter suspended the suspected hacker, Roger Goodell was resurrected from the dead, and all is right in the world.
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