Rassie locked out of hacked Twitter account
REACTION: South Africa’s Director of Rugby Johan Erasmus is struggling desperately to reclaim control of his Twitter account.
In a curt statement, SA Rugby confirmed Erasmus is still not in control of his Twitter account.
The account, going by the handle of @RassieRugby, retweeted a pornographic video at the weekend.
Subsequent posts, which appeared to be posted by Erasmus himself, claimed the account had been hacked.
SA Rugby on Sunday confirmed that Erasmus is still not in control of the account and all Tweets since Friday have been done by the hacker.
“Rassie Erasmus, SA Rugby’s Director of Rugby, has confirmed that his Twitter account, @RassieRugby, has been hacked and that he no longer has access to or control of the account,” the statement said.
“The issue has been reported to Twitter and will hopefully be resolved speedily.
“Any content appearing under the handle should be disregarded as being posted by a malicious hacker until further notice.”
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Erasmus’ most recent video – presumably posted by the hackers – had suggested that the latest hack was an attempt to smear the Springboks.
The Twitter account posted a video from the Springboks documentary Two Sides, linking the latest Twitter incident to the leaking of the infamous 62-minute long post during the British & Irish Lions tour.
“Someone is trying really hard to drag us to the gutters!,” the hacked account said.
“Make yourself known man!! I will be more than happy to meet you there.”
Earlier posts ‘apologised’ for the inappropriate tweet.
Sorry guys about that inapropriate tweets!! The handle has been hacked!! Reallly sorry about that!! I am trying to sort it out !!! Rassie
— Rassie Erasmus (@RassieRugby) June 4, 2022
Guys the hackers still seem to have the retweet from earlier appearing in some places although it has been deleted on my side and reported. Hopefully my account will be sorted shortly. Rassie
— Rassie Erasmus (@RassieRugby) June 4, 2022
Guys and ladies thanks for the advice to undo the retweet!! It is deleted on my account, but I did not retweet it!! The moment I delete it pops up again somewhere else! Appreciate the corncern
— Rassie Erasmus (@RassieRugby) June 4, 2022
