{"id":161126,"date":"2016-04-09T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T20:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=161126"},"modified":"2016-04-10T00:02:43","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T22:02:43","slug":"anc-twitter-account-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/161126-anc-twitter-account-hacked.html","title":{"rendered":"Old ANC Twitter handle hijacked"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Mischievous characters” have\u00a0taken over the ANC’s old Twitter handle @MyANC_, after the party changed its account name to @MYANC,\u00a0the ANC has said.<\/p>\n

News24 reported<\/a> that ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said that their old account was “hacked”.<\/p>\n

Kodwa’s response came after Twitter subscribers\u00a0noticed a post by @MyANC_ which said: “If you don’t support Cde Jacob Zuma, we do not want your votes! #Elections2016”.<\/p>\n

She confirmed that the ANC\u00a0changed its handle on Twitter to @MYANC (without underscore) on 8 April 2016.<\/p>\n

The new @MyANC_ account appears to have been created at\u00a011:38 on 9 Apr 2016.<\/p>\n

“We reject, with the contempt they deserve, the disturbing views as posted on the parody account, purporting to be those of the ANC,” Kodwa said<\/p>\n

Kodwa said it had been reported to Twitter, and told News24 that it is not possible an ANC insider was behind the new @MyANC_ account.<\/p>\n

She said that the party regarded it as an attempt at deliberately distorting its message and defocusing them on their campaigning.<\/p>\n

\"ANC<\/a>

ANC hacked Twitter account<\/p><\/div>\n

This article previously contained text republished with permission from News24, which\u00a0stated that\u00a0the ANC created a new Twitter account after its old one was hacked. The article has been corrected.<\/em><\/p>\n

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