Christina Pushaw solves the case after Nikki Fried campaign's statement about 'fishing attack' on Twitter account

Doug P. | 9:00 PM on March 19, 2022

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”

👀 pic.twitter.com/z8HoaksY9N

— 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