YouTube streaming star IShowSpeed is out for revenge after an ‘insider’ hacked his social media accounts.
IShowSpeedhas quickly grown to become one of the biggest streamers in the world, with the 19-year-old becoming well-known for bizarre and sometimes wild live streams.
Fromsetting off fireworks in his house, leaving the fire department rushing to the rescue, tobeing bit by a snake, fans have no idea what to anticipate when tuning into his stream.
However, with his massive rise to stardom, Speed has become a victim of hackers, who took over his social media accounts. And now, the streaming star is out for vengeance.
IShowSpeed furious after being hacked
On January 30, IShowSpeed’s Twitter/X account appeared to be hacked, as it shared and directed his 2.5 million followers to an evident crypto scam.
Quickly, the YouTube streamer tried to warn his fans in a now-deleted post, fans but he was flying at the time — making it vastly difficult to secure his account. “I’m hacked don’t click link I’m on airplane,” he posted. “I’m trying to change password but the airplane wifi is sht this sht is crazy.”
Following the whole ordeal, Speed shared a video on his editor’s account threatening vengeance to whoever hacked him. “Yo I don’t know who on my team or inside or whoever I talk to or I know. This was an inside job,” he said. “Because there’s no other way you could hack my account.”
Speed – Ur donepic.twitter.com/UGAPLBW2y9
He added: “I will get this figured out, and whoever that person is you’re done. This was for sure an insider job, for sure was.”
With that said, we’ll just have to wait and see whether or not Speed finds the culprit that hacked his account.
Shay Robson was a Staff Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in shooter games like Valorant and Call of Duty, as well as sports games like EA SPORTS FC. He also covered Twitch and YouTube content. He also has bylines at Gamezo.
