It looks like Mickey Mouse might need a refresher course on digital security .
On Thursday morning The Happiest Place on Earth ’s Instagram and Facebook account were shortly taken over by a ego - trace “ super - hacker ” who claims to have look for revenge on Disneyland employees who supposedly mocked his “ belittled penis . ” The “ hacker ” have all the hallmarks of an unoriginal internet trolling .
“ WHO ’S THE TOUGH GUY NOW JEROME , ” the placard , who identified himself as David DO , ” wrote consort to a screenshotsaved byCBS News . The offending posts reportedly began to pop up around 3:50 a.m. Pacific meter but appear to have been remove at the sentence of writing .
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In plus to the above mail , which feature the double of a glasses - break young man with black hair and dark eyes , CBS Los Angelesnotesthree extra posts and one Instagram taradiddle sport racial slurs and unhinged tangents . In some of those posts , the hacker reportedly used the n - word , while in others he reportedly claimed to have , “ invented COVID and find fault it on Wuhan . ” This hypothesize earthly concern - class hacker also exact he was “ working on COVID20 . ”
In a statement emailed to Gizmodo , a Disneyland official corroborate both its Instagram and Facebook accounts were compromise .
“ Disneyland Resort ’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were compromised too soon this dayspring , ” the official say . “ We work quick to remove the reprehensible mental object , secure our accounts , and our surety team are conducting an investigation . ”
Gizmodo reached out to several accounts on Instagram and Twitch that appear to match the paradigm and handle of the poster and but we have n’t get word back .
The trolling ’s posts seemed limited to Disneyland’sInstagram and Facebook account , which at the time of piece of writing boasts a combined 25 million follower . The most recent post on Disneyland ’s Instagram account at the fourth dimension of writing picture a execution of The Lion King , dated six days onetime .
If this was , in fact , a “ political hack ” it will likely bring back bad retentivity for security worker in the Disney cranial orbit . Back in 2019 , the then recently launched Disney+ subscription streaming military service fell victim to hackers who reportedlyacquiredusers ’ certificate and sold them on the dark World Wide Web .
Update : 1:25 P.M : Added a statement from Disney .
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