Florida agriculture commissioner and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried’s Twitter account was apparently hacked Saturday afternoon:
HACKED: Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried’s Twitter account was hacked this evening. The account of the Democratic gubernatorial candidate now shows a bunch of NFT tweets. @NBC2 pic.twitter.com/5lTlcncTTt
— Gage Goulding – NBC2 (@GageGoulding) March 19, 2022
Uh oh…
Someone compromised @NikkiFried’s Twitter account. pic.twitter.com/dDF7FDDtcs
— Max (@MaxNordau) March 19, 2022
Nikki Fried got hacked and somehow her content… got better? https://t.co/ixpJSM08Wv
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) March 20, 2022
https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1505326127186857984
I knew @NikkiFried fundraising numbers were bad, but didn’t think she would get this desperate https://t.co/O8RE6Vclvm pic.twitter.com/sBLg1Osibv
— Christina Pushaw 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) March 19, 2022
Fried’s office put out a statement and called what happened a “fishing attack”:
“a fishing attack” pic.twitter.com/RN1MilbM5X
— Christina Pushaw 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) March 20, 2022
Statement from Nikki Fried re her Twitter account being hacked. pic.twitter.com/w1UScHv7Q7
— Peter Schorsch 🇺🇦 (@PeterSchorschFL) March 19, 2022
Fortunately, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary Christina Pushaw quickly found the culprit:
case solved
it was a “fishing attack”
— Christina Pushaw 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) March 20, 2022
LOL! Oh my…
Always, always, always proofread your statements before sending them out. Amateur mistake. https://t.co/H8DR7Ys8Qq
— Brittany (@bccover) March 20, 2022
“Phishing”… “fishing”… whatever.
— Christina Pushaw 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) March 20, 2022
In fairness, Lincoln Project guys are good at hacking twitter accounts
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 20, 2022
OUCH.
— RH Bell 🇺🇸 (@BellBoca) March 20, 2022
social media team at nikki for gov https://t.co/UrnA3qLxl8 pic.twitter.com/HwsMHfO5Y4
— Guy Montag (@UpholdErudition) March 20, 2022
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