SEC apologizes for links posted after Twitter account hacked
By Andrew Olson
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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.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
