First Barcelona’s social media was hacked, now it’s their arch-rival Real Madrid’s turn, in the latest incident of online hacking, Los Blancos Twitter and Facebook accounts were compromised.
After the hackers got hold of the Real Madrid’s social media accounts, they sent a tweet and Facebook post welcoming Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi to the European champions.
The Twitter and Facebook post read “Welcome Messi”.
Later it revealed that a group called OurMine, who had previously hacked Barcelona’s social media accounts were responsible for the act. Barcelona’s profiles were previously hacked with a tweet on their Twitter account confirming Angel di Maria’s signing from PSG.
The hackers posted welcome Messi tweet, another one was shared by the group, stating, “OurMine Team here, Internet security is shit and we proved that. Ourmine. org for more security *Not Only FC Barcelona *.”
That was not the end, the hackers later posted last season’s El Classico match at the Santiago Bernabeu during which Messi scored the final goal and Barcelona won in the final minutes.
Previously, ‘OurMine’ have also hacked many social media accounts of various companies like Netflix, HBO and PlayStation.