As Twitchy reported Tuesday night, hackers took over Matt Walsh’s Twitter account, which has 1.7 million followers. The tweets have since disappeared, but here’s a sample in case you missed it:
Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing says that hackers gained access to a lot more than Walsh’s Twitter account:
You may be aware that @MattWalshBlog had his @Twitter account hacked last night.
What you may not know is that the attack went well beyond Twitter.
The hackers have managed to gain access to, well, everything, including twenty years of Matt's emails.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
What scandalous information will the hackers find in Matt's email? I do not know. I'm sure I said things in my twenties that I wouldn't feel great having aired publicly.
What will @realDailyWire's response be to things 20-year-old Matt may have said?#LOL
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
This hack, as terrible and invasive as it is, is just another day at the office for us.
Here is a brief look at just the last 48 hours @realdailywire.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
First, @MattWalshBlog was demonetized on @YouTube for violating some opaque, arbitrarily applied standard or another related to speaking the biological truth about Dylan Mulvaney.
I can't be more specific because the capriciousness is the point for these platforms.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
Just 24 hours later, @imbrettcooper was PERMANENTLY BANNED from @tiktok_us.
Her crime?
I don't know, because, again, the capriciousness is the point.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
At the exact moment @MattWalshBlog was being hacked by criminals, @michaeljknowles was being evacuated from @PittTweet because of a violent riot protesting his speech in which trans activists and sundry other leftists BURNED MICHAEL IN EFFIGY and tussled with police.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
That's just the last 48 hours, and that's in addition to all of the usual death threats, harassment, and corporate targeting that are our daily companions @realDailyWire.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
Do assholes on the right make death threats against, say, @AOC? Sure. And damn them for it.
The difference for us is that virtually every institution in public life agrees we should be removed and silenced.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
Tech giants like @youtube, @facebook, @tiktok_us, and – until @elonmusk wrote a check – @Twitter, flagging, banning, throttling, shadow banning, and demonetizing us is a constant occurrence.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
We're continually fact checked. Almost all of the fact checks are removed on appeal, btw, but not before they have the desired effect of stunting our reach and effectiveness and making it impossible to earn revenue.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
Billionaire-funded non-profits like @mmfa pay people to post out-of-context clips from our shows and to pressure advertisers not to spend money with us.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
The entire advertising industry creates bogus, euphemistic policies to "protect brand safety" by discouraging advertising on shows with "controversial political opinions."
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
BTW: If you're openly pro-choice, that's not a controversial political opinion that could compromise brand safety.
If you're pro-life, that is.
This means we don't get any so-called brand advertisers – the ones who pay almost double.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
Think about that. If we were on the left, and all of our positions were CERTIFIED BRAND SAFE!, we would make almost twice as much money. Twice as much to pay staff, healthcare, rent, marketing, growth…
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
The advertisers we do get – the ones who believe Americans who think what every American thought five seconds ago still deserve good products – have to be brave enough to stand up against all of the organized pressure that comes their way.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
All this while also dealing with organizations like @HubSpot, @jwplayer, @eventbrite, and many other backend infrastructure companies who take our money and then decide we don't deserve to use their services and kick us off their platforms.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
Why do they hate us? Well, because we're free. We're one of the last truly independent media companies. The majority and controlling interest in this company is held by @benshapiro, Caleb Robinson, and me. No one can tell us what to publish, what to say, what to do.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
No investor or board of directors can maneuver us into acquiescing to their demands or expressing their values. We only express our own.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
And we're smart.
We don't let the machinations of the left force our hand. @YouTube wants to keep @MattWalshBlog from being able to monetize because they know it will drastically stunt his growth and make his content far less viral.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
They expect us to throw a fit and play right into their hands.
We won't.
We'll play smart. We'll continue to say what we believe, but we won't let them minimize us and bar our access to two billion potential users.
We're not in it for catharsis; we're in it for victory.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
And, of course, we'll leverage our influence to hold @YouTube, @tiktok_us, and all the rest accountable.
We'll press our claims in court, though government, and with the public.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
We won't make it easy for them to make us less successful and less effective.#Nope.
And that's what they hate the most: not only do we say what we believe, not only do we find a way to continue to succeed on their platforms, but we win.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
Daily Wire and @benshapiro sue the Biden Admin to stop the OSHA Vax Mandate, and win. @MattWalshBlog works to change laws around the mutilation of children, and he wins.
We launch new companies like @JeremysRazors to compete with the woke hegemony, and we win.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
That's what keeps us fighting.
We believe success is possible. Not promised, not easy. Possible.
We believe we can preserve our values for another generation.
And we're having a damn good time doing it.
Hell, I'm looking forward to pressing charges on the Walsh hackers!
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) April 19, 2023
He’s right; they’re winning online, and Big Tech doesn’t like that.
This is insane. GOOD FOR YOU for not backing down.
— Jenna Ellis 🇺🇸 (@JennaEllisEsq) April 19, 2023
Thank you, Matt, and the rest of the Daily Wire team for all you do for the cause of what's good, beautiful, and true. Here's to hoping these criminals are caught and suffer the consequences, including losing their shirts to you guys in a lawsuit.
— Scott Morefield (@SKMorefield) April 19, 2023
This whole thread is absolute 🔥🔥🔥
— Brother Noah (@BrothaNoah) April 19, 2023
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 19, 2023