As you are aware, David Clowney’s account was hacked last night and Bassett does a great job with the pending questions of the indident. We still don’t have closure as to what exactly happened, but here are the facts from TJB:
Questions Yet Unanswered (and Likely to Stay That Way)
1) What additional information can they provide on the particular IP addresses? (Location, etc.)
2) When was the first recorded instance of the offending IP address hacking Clowney’s account?
3) When was the BigWoodyJohnson faux Twitter account set up?
4) Who sent the Direct Message (DM) to AlexL___? Was it the hacker?
5) Were other fans DMed?
6) Why the many hours long delay between the DM to AlexL___ and the hacker’s public tweets?
7) Is there other definite proof to help us resolve this matter?
To answer number 7 above, we may never ever put this to bed and get definite proof. It may not be worth the effort to find the hacker UNLESS he strikes again. Technically, David has a case to press charges as this is a crime to hack any type of online account. Yes I know it’s only Twitter, but it’s the man’s reputation on the line.
I would not be surprised if Clowney eventually goes down that road, but the question at hand is, what damage if any was done to David’s reputation. All the people that encountered this hacker definitely do not know it wasn’t David. I can tell by the tweets to him during this escapade.
