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# Katy Perry’s 89 Million Follower Twitter Account Hacked
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/katy-perrys-89-million-follower-twitter-account-hacked/
- Published: 2016-05-31T08:54:57.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-31T08:54:57.000Z
- Description: Twitter can't seem to catch a break these day's. @KatyPerry, the struggling social network's most followed account, was hacked on Monday night and incendiary tweets posted prior to being removed.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![Katy Perry Hacked](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1f01356970c-100wi "Katy Perry Hacked")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1f01356970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)**Twitter** can't seem to catch a break these day's. **@KatyPerry**, the [struggling social network'](https://www.hypebot.com/former-ticketmaster-chief-nathan-hubbard-joins-twitter-exec-exodus/)s **most followed account**, was **hacked** on Monday night and **incendiary tweets** posted prior to being removed.

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Katy Perry's Twitter account was hacked on Monday night. @KatyPerry is the social network's most followed account with 89 million followers. The hacker took on Taylor Swift and posted including profanity, a homosexual slur and the N-word before being shut down.

Here are most of the offending tweets:

> It appears Katy Perry’s Twitter — with her more than 89 million followers — has been hacked… [pic.twitter.com/VmTVKJYGqj](https://t.co/VmTVKJYGqj?ref=hypebot.com)  
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> — Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) [May 31, 2016](https://twitter.com/TheRyanParker/status/737446340234350595?ref=hypebot.com)

and

> Lol. [pic.twitter.com/DfqUOjE45Z](https://t.co/DfqUOjE45Z?ref=hypebot.com)  
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> — sway (@sw4ylol) [May 31, 2016](https://twitter.com/sw4ylol/status/737465286115237888?ref=hypebot.com)

The hacker, who is reportedly based in Romania, only joined the Twitter world two days ago, but quickly gained over 800 followers since infiltrating Perry's Twitter feed.