Piers Morgan followers had been left surprised after his Twitter account started sending out abusive messages together with a slur towards the Queen. The 57-year-old’s feed additionally featured a surprising tweet calling Ed Sheeran a “ginger p****” within the early hours of Tuesday morning.
But it surely shortly turned obvious that the TV star’s account had been hacked by a gaggle figuring out themselves because the ‘chuckling squad’, the Mirror experiences. The web page’s account title modified numerous instances - together with being modified to 'lol' and in addition 'Michael' - whereas extra vibrant language was additionally used to rename his account.
One tweet that was despatched out induced shock when it merely said: "f*** the queen." Followers and followers shortly reacted to the impolite remarks - with many contacting Twitter to focus on that Piers's account had clearly been hacked.
Nonetheless, some requested the hackers to entry Piers's Direct Messages to uncover the communications he had prior to now with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. One fan questioned if the DM's may lastly unveil precisely why Piers has such contempt for the American actress.
One follower tweeted: "I wish to see why Piers hates Megan Markle a lot. Go to Megan's DMs" together with crying-with-laughter emojis. Because the hack continued, some followers interacted with the account - with one demanding the obvious hackers leak Piers's DMs.
Nonetheless, the hackers responded to assert there was "nothing attention-grabbing" throughout the personal messages. Additional stars had been additionally focused through the melee of messages - with the obvious hackers sending a public message to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanding he get a haircut and branding him an 'ugly bum'.
After roughly an hour of chaos, it appeared that Twitter bosses took management of the state of affairs as a lot of the offensive tweets had been instantly wiped from the account. Tweets that had been despatched had been changed with a message stating: "This Tweet is unavailable."
The bio of Piers's account was additionally wiped - whereas pictures that had been in his profile and banner had been additionally eliminated, seemingly bringing an finish to the hackers' chaotic run.
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