Sony does not have the best record for security, having seen their corporate network and also the PlayStation network being breached repeatedly, losing hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. The tweets have now been deleted, signifying that Sony has regained control of their twitter account, but can be seen preserved in the screenshot above. The so-called white hats make a habit of breaking into companies to alert them of security holes, and on this occasion appears to be claiming much more than just the Twitter account, but also saying they breached the PlayStation Network Databases. Thank you SO MUCH for all your help.Sony briefly lost control of their twitter account this evening, as evidenced by a number of tweets being posted purportedly by a security group called OurMine from their official PlayStation account. Late Friday afternoon, might we finally have a happy ending? Variety has alerted Twitter to the renewed hacking, and it’s been deleted.
On Friday morning, the hacker was once again in control: “ IF YOUR still in need of a #PlayStation5 console send me a private message!” After Variety reached out to Twitter for comment, and to alert them, the account was finally secured.Īnd yet! The hacker seemed to regain control of the account again on Thursday, leading Twitter to tweet from it, “This Twitter has been recovered by Management and we are doing our best to fix and solve what has already been done.” The account had been reported to Twitter as hacked many times, but was up and scamming on Thursday into the afternoon. The person texted back, “Thank you!” The person did not then respond to a request for an interview. And on Thursday, her agent told Variety that she didn’t “have time for this right now.”īut Variety attempted to reach O’Neal through a possible cellphone number for her, and when the mailbox was full, texted to say her Twitter account had been hacked.
When asked for a picture of O’Neal’s Oscar, the scammer wrote back, “We’re in LA as of now on a business trip I didn’t bring anything with me.”Īn attempt to reach O’Neal through her agent and through an email address and phone number listed for her in IMDb Pro went unanswered yesterday. The person says he is verified on Cashapp, and gives his user name., and then asks for a screenshot in order to “create your shipping label within the next 10-30 minutes.”
He then asks for payment through ApplePay or Cashapp, and asks for $550. The scammer asks for his mark’s name, number and home address, followed by payment. Verified Salesman.”Ī dogged armchair Twitter detective named went undercover to engage with the scammer, and exposed his methods in a number of screenshots, revealing a hairy-armed perpetrator.
And at some point on Wednesday, the hacker changed the bio for the 57-year-old O’Neal to read, “PlayStation & Xbox Enthusiast. After this Variety reporter tweeted on Wednesday about the oddity of O’Neal possibly becoming a brand ambassador for PlayStation, and asking every day a variation on, “Just checking who still looking for a #PS5?,” the account immediately blocked this reporter.Īfterward, a Twitter user wrote, “ I have been scammed by this person! She got $600 from me & blocked me! and the worst part is I dont even get a ps5 after going through all this crap!”Ī search on Twitter for “Tatum” and “PS5” revealed a number of people tweeting about the scam, including a few who had been taken in.