The Chicago Bears’ Twitter account was temporarily hacked Sunday morning.
The hackers took over the account and claimed that Turki Al-Sheikh, a Saudi Arabian royal court advisor, was the new owner of the Bears. Which is all kinds of ridiculous, as Virginia McCaskey remains the owner and the family has owned the team for over 100 years.
Just minutes later, a Saudi-based group called “OurMine” took credit for the hack. They said they did so in order to “announce that we are back” and to “show people that everything is hackable.”
The Lions page “Pride of Detroit” engaged with the hackers, asking them to agree to trade star pass rusher Khalil Mack to Detroit for a sixth-round pick. To which OurMine said they’d do for $1. Luckily, Twitter is not a binding contract.
The Bears remained hacked as of 9:40 a.m., according to NBC Chicago.
Let this be a lesson to all: Don’t make obvious passwords.
