SEC apologizes for links posted after Twitter account hacked
It happens to SEC athletes all the time, but on Saturday morning it happened to the conference itself: The SEC had its Twitter account hacked.
The official conference Twitter account’s 324,000 followers likely did a double take this morning when tweets with not suitable for work links and images were sent out from @SEC.
ESPN’s Darren Rovell tweeted an official statement from the conference on the matter.
SEC statement on Twitter hacking pic.twitter.com/fqSWxRbCvy
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) June 25, 2016
SEC Communications Director Chuck Dunlap humorously reminded his followers that while claiming an account was hacked can sometimes be seen as a cliche excuse, it can happen to anyone.
Sometimes 'I was hacked' is actually true….
— Chuck Dunlap (@SEC_Chuck) June 25, 2016
The folks at r/CFB on reddit had some particular fun with the discovery of the hack:
Remember readers, change your passwords from time to time.
