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Buster Olney has seemingly lost control of his X account. A number of fake MLB newsbreaks were fired off on sports fans’ timelines Monday afternoon, sparking widespread confusion on social media.
The ESPN reporter has one of the larger followings in big league baseball, boasting 1.3 million followers on the X site alone. A respected professional by all accounts, his online profile was anything but early this week!
I swear to you I don’t even know who I hacked, who is this Buster?
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) June 10, 2024
It was all sparked by a random Drake GIF, a post that piqued the interest of followers as it falls outside the typical realm of his timeline’s rhetoric.
Almost everything prior had been baseball related, as he either reshared highlights or provided updates on trending topics.
Still, this post alone wasn’t enough to definitively confirm that his access had been lost. We’d get that proof shortly thereafter.
Subsequent messages from the account included instrumental music samples, fake trades, and a few unsavory, profanity-laced texts.
ESPN reporter Buster Olney’s X account, which has 1.3 million followers, has been hacked. pic.twitter.com/Iz0nLCi41q
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) June 10, 2024
After realizing Buster Olney was, in fact, hacked, a flood of reaction was posted online.
Buster Olney trying to get into his Hacked Twitter Account pic.twitter.com/kfYBDaDphz
— Devine Sports Gospel (@DevineGospel) June 10, 2024
A ‘throwback hack,’ for sure.
Buster Olney’s twitter hack is the kind of hack that used to happen in like 2012. A real throwback hack.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) June 10, 2024
Many joked that access was easily attained, largely due to his supposed hatred of the Mets!
Top 5 guesses for Buster Olney’s password
1. Password
2. LolMets
3. OlneyFamilyFarm
4. BusterESPN
5. MetsSuck69 https://t.co/gsdWTtdE94— Marc Luino (@GiraffeNeckMarc) June 10, 2024
Olney isn’t the first major sports personality to get “got” by online hackers. In fact, it wasn’t so long ago that the NFL’s official account was taken over before the user proceeded to fire off anti-Roger Goodell messages to its millions of followers.
A number of other sports stars have claimed to have been hacked immediately after controversial tweets had been posted.
Buster Olney is the latest hack victim. Time to update those passwords!