Disneyland’s social media accounts have been briefly taken over by a self-proclaimed “tremendous hacker” who made a slew of weird, racist and homophobic posts as he claimed he was looking for “revenge” on the Anaheim, California- based mostly theme park.
The hacker, who mentioned his title is “David Do,” took over the park’s Instagram and Fb accounts early Thursday, penned a number of posts that includes the n-word, claimed to have invented COVID-19 and alleged he was engaged on a brand new “COVID20” virus.
He additionally mentioned the hack was in revenge for Disney workers who mocked him “for having a small penis.”
“I'm an excellent hacker that's right here to deliver revenge upon Disney land,” he wrote alongside a photograph of what seems to be himself, saying that he's sick of workers mocking him. “…Who’s the robust man now Jerome?”
A Disneyland official advised The Put up: “Disneyland Resort’s Fb and Instagram accounts have been compromised early this morning. We labored shortly to take away the reprehensible content material, safe our accounts, and our safety groups are conducting an investigation.”
Do additionally shared a picture of two males captioned “u n***** are watching Disney Channel,” an obvious racist riff on a mid-2000s promotion utilized by Disney’s tv station.
On the time, Disney stars would say the favored catchphrase “you’re watching Disney Channel” and draw the long-lasting mouse ears utilizing a magic wand.
He additionally shared two selfies, captioning one: “KILL ALL N******S. DAVID DO IS HERE.”
The hacker additionally inspired social media customers to comply with his personal Instagram account @chi11estpanda.
Disneyland has 8.4 million followers on Instagram, and its Fb account has over 17.2 million followers. Usually, its pages are stuffed with images of households, kids and actions on the resort, making Do’s submit stand out.
Disneyland’s Instagram account was quickly taken down shortly after the incident grew to become public and re-emerged with none of the hacked posts. The posts have been faraway from the park’s Fb account as properly.
Disneyland’s different social media pages gave the impression to be unaffected.
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