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Kanye West blames Gmail hijack for bisexual porn hoax
The Register ^ | 26th January 2009 | Dan Goodin

Posted on 01/27/2009 5:36:35 AM PST by avid

Edited on 01/27/2009 6:17:29 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Kanye West says someone has taken control of his Twitter. Not to mention his Gmail and MySpace accounts.

The rap star says that someone is using all three services to spread false reports, including one that claimed he was open to launching a new career as a bisexual porn star.

"Now somebody has been hacking into my MySpace and somebody's actually hacked into my personal Gmail account and has been emailing people from it," West wrote in a posting on his blog. "Hey world, I no longer have a Gmail!"

The ten-time Grammy award recipient disclosed the breaches as he tried to squelch the rumors that he was open to participating in bisexual porn. The report, which West vehemently denies, originated in what he said was a fake interview of him posted to AllHipHop.com. A variety of gossip magazines including Adult Video News, spotted the hoax and reported it as fact.

The episode comes a month after West claims someone hijacked his Twitter account and touched off a public feud with a certain faux television news commentator on the Comedy Central network by unleashing the words "Who the **** is Stephen Colbert?"

In addition to the breaches of his Gmail, MySpace, and Twitter accounts, West claims he's discovered 12 unauthorized Skype accounts under his name.

The commandeering of accounts belonging to celebrities has grown increasingly common over the past few months. Earlier this month, Twitter had to temporarily suspend accounts belonging to Barack Obama, Britney Spears, and other celebrities after they were hijacked by miscreants and used to spread scandalous and false information that appeared to come from their owners. Wired.com later reported the security lapse was the result of a Twitter admin who used the word "happiness" as a password.

Facebook and MySpace have long been havens for scammers who compromise pages belonging to Alicia Keys and other stars to spread malware.

The latest incident was enough to cause West to plead for an end to it all.

"Please I beg you, give me a break!" West wrote in a blizzard of exclamation marks and capital letters. "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease! Let me be great! Who have I hurt so bad that they want to destroy me? Who have I ever spoke about so negatively?"


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Humor; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: blackart; blackgayporn; hacker; kanyewest
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1 posted on 01/27/2009 5:36:35 AM PST by avid
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To: avid

Kayne is a pillow bitter


2 posted on 01/27/2009 5:37:34 AM PST by Perdogg (Only the hypnotized never lie)
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To: avid

Someone took control of my twitter once. I ended up marrying her.


3 posted on 01/27/2009 5:37:38 AM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: avid

Same thing happened to me. The “hacker” in my case was named “Tanqueray”.


5 posted on 01/27/2009 5:41:42 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Perdogg
Kayne is a pillow bitter

Big time. I called it when I saw him dressed like a typical homosexual fashion victim at some awards show, big sunglasses and all. This dude's definitely light in the loafers. Maybe he's what they call a "down low brother."

6 posted on 01/27/2009 5:44:44 AM PST by Bird Jenkins
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To: avid

Hey, Kanye, learn to ‘internet’. They’ll just consider your plea a big ‘baaaaawwwwwwwwwwww’. Won’t do a bit of good. Only adds fuel to the fire.

Darn those ‘script kiddies’ at Ebaums. :D


7 posted on 01/27/2009 5:46:32 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: avid
(Kanye West) ... tried to squelch the rumors that he was open to participating in bisexual porn.


8 posted on 01/27/2009 5:46:46 AM PST by JRios1968 (Sarah Palin is what Willis was talkin' about!)
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To: avid
"Now somebody has been hacking into my MySpace and somebody's actually hacked into my personal Gmail account and has been emailing people from it," West wrote in a posting on his blog.

Rove, you magnificent bastard!!!

9 posted on 01/27/2009 5:47:25 AM PST by JRios1968 (Sarah Palin is what Willis was talkin' about!)
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To: avid
Who have I ever spoke about so negatively?"

Karl Rove! You devil, you................... :~)

10 posted on 01/27/2009 5:47:56 AM PST by cowboyway ("The beauty of the Second Amendment is you won't need it until they try to take it away"--Jefferson)
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To: Owl_Eagle
Same thing happened to me. The “hacker” in my case was named “Tanqueray”.

Ditto, except the hacker was 'Bud'. :)

11 posted on 01/27/2009 5:49:57 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
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To: avid

Couldn’t have happened to a biggger asshat.


12 posted on 01/27/2009 5:50:27 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
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To: avid

Duplicate Thread Tax

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172183/posts

13 posted on 01/27/2009 5:53:01 AM PST by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: avid

obviously g.w.bush is back online...bawhahaha


14 posted on 01/27/2009 5:54:19 AM PST by Irishguy (How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
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To: xcamel

I did a title search for “West” but it didn’t turn up. Now I see it. Strange.


15 posted on 01/27/2009 5:56:27 AM PST by avid ("DU DUMME SAU!" - Klaus Kinski)
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To: mgc1122

Watch the language...this isn’t DU.


16 posted on 01/27/2009 5:59:36 AM PST by pgkdan
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“Watch the language...this isn’t DU.”

Your comments are best directed to someone else. Try the writer of the original article.


17 posted on 01/27/2009 6:03:36 AM PST by mgc1122
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To: avid
"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease! Let me be great! Who have I hurt so bad that they want to destroy me? Who have I ever spoke about so negatively?"

Hmmm. Bush does have a lot of free time right now. Coincidence?

18 posted on 01/27/2009 6:07:38 AM PST by SampleMan (Community Organizer: What liberals do when they run out of college, before they run out of Marxism.)
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To: mgc1122

You posted it.


19 posted on 01/27/2009 6:38:20 AM PST by pgkdan
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“You posted it.”

No, I quoted it ... see the quotation marks around the text which came from the ORIGINAL article. If you are the self appointed guardian of polite language, I strongly suggest you invest some time in reading as well as context comprehension.


20 posted on 01/27/2009 6:41:33 AM PST by mgc1122
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