‘We didn’t unfollow you’ – City of Joburg’s Twitter in suspected hack attack
The City of Johannesburg apparently fell victim to social media hackers on Thursday. The metro's Twitter account‚ which boasts over 300,000 followers and is known for its often humorous responses‚ had users worried that it had been compromised.@CityofJoburgZA did you guys get hacked or what...see you've unfollowed all of us— Nobesuthu Cele (@ma_Ndosi) August 18, 2016async Some users were concerned that the page seem to have unfollowed them.Nobesuthu Cele said: "did you guys get hacked or what...see you've unfollowed all of us."The City of Johannesburg's Nthatisi Modingoane said the city was working on fixing the error.“Our technical team is working on this. We have not unfollowed anyone and we are assuming that we have been hacked‚” Modingoane said.We are troubleshooting^TK https://t.co/u5ZVfdEQ0B— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) August 18, 2016async This must be the guy who hacked our Twitter^TK pic.twitter.com/QyJBJiyS3k— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) August 18, 2016async Just after midday‚ the problem seemed to have been sorted out‚ and the account showed that it was following more than 52 000.Making light of the hiccup‚ @CityofJoburgZA tweeted a photo of a “likely suspect” behind the attack: “This must be the guy who hacked our Twitter^TK”.TMG Digital..
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