The official handle of Darren Lehmann, former Australia’s coach, has been hacked and the hackers have been constantly posting derogatory messages from his account after having changed the account name and picture.
On Monday, Brisbane Heat via their official Twitter handle confirmed the news. ‘Brisbane Heat’ is the Big Bash League team that Darren Lehmann coaches. Confirming the news, Brisbane Heat wrote:
“Hi Heat fans, thanks for the messages. We are aware our coach Darren Lehmann’s Twitter account has been hacked and are working closely with Twitter to rectify the situation. We apologise for any offence caused this evening,”
Here, check out the Tweet:
Hi Heat fans, thanks for the messages. We are aware our coach Darren Lehmann’s Twitter account has been hacked and are working closely with Twitter to rectify the situation. We apologise for any offence caused this evening.#BBL09
— Brisbane Heat (@HeatBBL) January 6, 2020
The profile name has been changed from Darren Lehmann to ‘Qassem Soleimani | F**k Iran’. Qaseem Soleimani was the military chief of Iran who was killed last week in a U.S drone strike.
The hacker has been using Darren Lehmann’s 340,000+ followers to spread derogatory messages on the ongoing issue between Iran and the USA. The hacker has been putting up anti-Iran messages along with inked images and YouTube clips relating to the suffering of the people of the nation.
Here, check out the screenshot of Darren Lehmann’s profile after it has been hacked:
However, Darren Lehmann isn’t the only one whose account has been hacked. Last year in October, the official Twitter and Instagram handles of the former all-rounder Watson’s was hacked. The hackers went on to put up illicit images for which Watson had to issue an apology to his followers. Apologizing to his fans, Watson wrote:
“My apologies to everyone for the illicit photos that have been posted on my Instagram account.
First my Twitter account on Friday got hacked and now Instagram today.
Instagram needs to help out a lot quicker when things like this happens. This is taking way too long!!! ????”
Here, check out the Tweet of Watson:
My apologies to everyone for the illicit photos that have been posted on my Instagram account.
First my Twitter account on Friday got hacked and now Instagram today.
Instagram needs to help out a lot quicker when things like this happens. This is taking way too long!!! ????— Shane Watson (@ShaneRWatson33) October 15, 2019
Talking about Darren Lehmann, he is currently busy coaching his BBL team Brisbane Heat.
