MrBeast, arguably the most popular YouTubers right now, has a huge following on his social media accounts including Twitter. With almost 20 million followers now, there are bound to be rumors about his profile getting hacked. Recently, a post going viral on Twitter indicates that MrBeast’s account got hacked, but is this just a rumor or is it true? Keep reading to find out more!
Suspicious Twitter account brags about hacking into MrBeast’s profile
A user with the Twitter handle ‘@dinosaurs1969’ is going viral after posting a screenshot of MrBeast’s account on their phone. According to ‘dinosaur’, MrBeast’s password was too easy, showing that the YouTuber’s Twitter has just been hacked.
https://twitter.com/dinosaurs1969/status/1650154332992536578
User ‘dinosaur’ posted this on April 23, 2023. Since then, the tweet has gained over 1 million views and a lot of replies. It’s also important to note that MrBeast’s last tweet on his account was April 20. Even his last tweet sounded kind of sus for us as the YouTuber recalled an experience in little league.
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One time I struck out so badly in little league that my coach unironically asked my mom to get my eyes checked and the eye doc said they were fine and I was super embarrassed to tell my coach that I don’t have bad vision I just suck
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) April 20, 2023
A lot of other Twitter users also pointed out that the hacker got into Elon Musk’s account as well. In the screenshot inserted in the tweet, we can see the Twitter CEO’s icon. User ‘dinosaur’ also acknowledged this in the reply and shared that they also have control over Opera GX’s Twitter account.
https://twitter.com/dinosaurs1969/status/1650154691718787072?s=20
Did he really get hacked or is this just a rumor?
Fortunately for the YouTuber, it seems that the tweet was posted just for clout. With Twitter’s algorithm nowadays, it’s easy for someone to go viral and get their fifteen seconds of fame.
- The replies are also not taking the whole post from user ‘dinosaur’ seriously. Most of the users are responding with memes or going along with the joke.
- On the other hand, there are users like AquiConBeto who take a jab at the original poster. According to AquiConBeto’s response, it looks like user ‘dinosaur’ just “learned how to use Photoshop.”
https://twitter.com/AquiConBeto/status/1650255256062771203?s=20
From the looks of it, the original poster definitely intended for this to be a joke. One look at their profile and you can see that they are tweeting to gain likes and retweets from all over the social media platform.
https://twitter.com/MolentroL/status/1650211872442908672?s=20
As for user MoLentRo who pointed out that MrBeast’s Twitter account getting hacked is just ‘Photoshop’, a lot of users responded to him. Most of the replies indicate that the joke went over MoLentRo’s head, further showing us that MrBeast wasn’t actually hacked.
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MrBeast and other big accounts on Twitter got hacked back in July 2020
If you were already a fan of MrBeast back in 2020, then you’d be familiar with the Bitcoin hacking incident that happened on Twitter. There was a massive scale of hacking carried out by cybercriminals wherein they hacked into high-profile accounts like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and MrBeast.
https://twitter.com/chris/status/1283521589624045571?s=20
These hackers posted tweets that asked for Twitter users to send them Bitcoin. In return, they would double the money anyone sent to the address. Unfortunately, a lot of Twitter users, including MrBeast’s followers, fell for the scam and gave hackers their money.
As for user ‘dinosaur’, the account has over 307 thousand followers because of their funny tweets. It doesn’t look like they have actually hacked into MrBeast’s Twitter account. If it was, then we’d hear it first from MrBeast’s close friends and collaborators.
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We hope this helped you worry less about MrBeast’s Twitter account getting hacked. If you have other questions or you’d like to share your thoughts on this topic, feel free to share them in the comments below! For more content, stay with us, here at Spiel Times.
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