Conservative commentator and filmmaker Matt Walsh said his team is still working to find out exactly who hacked his Twitter account, noting that an “insider” might have given the hacker access to his phone.
“As soon as the hacking attack started, I was on the phone with our tech team, security team, lawyers and executives,” said Walsh of Daily Wire’s “What Is a Woman” documentary in a statement on Twitter Thursday. “They all worked around the clock. They’re still working to find out exactly what happened, who did it, and how.”
Walsh’s Twitter account was compromised on Tuesday evening, with the profile being changed to promote a rap Spotify account called “Sassy Shooters.” The hacked account was used to make a series of unhinged posts before Walsh regained control, including ones that called podcast host Joe Rogan a “pedophile” and Daily Wire commentator Ben Shapiro a “closeted homosexual.”…