ShitMyDadSays is hacked on Twitter

Spammers have managed to hack the account of Twitter phenomenon “ShitMyDadSays”, posting a message to the popular page’s 1.8 million followers.

The tweet, which has since been removed, said:

wow I just got a free dell laptop LOL <LINK>

Hmm.. It strikes me that there’s only word for such a security breach: Sh*t.

Clicking on the link, which at the time of writing is still active, currently redirects users via bit.ly to a “make-money-fast” website:

We have informed bit.ly of the spammer’s link – and hopefully it will be shut down shortly.

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