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Tweeter Website Hacked; Who’s to Blame?
Message to Craig Boucher of CRG Partners Group and chairman George Schultze left on site.
The Web site of Tweeter, the retailer who closed its remaining stores and reportedly turned away employees Tuesday, has been hacked.
A visit to the site Wednesday morning provided users with the following text:
The site is adorned with an obviously Photoshopped picture of President Bush flipping his middle finger.
Warning: please use discretion when viewing the following photo.
So who pulled this off? At this point, we're not sure.
From the text on the site, one can infer that a disgruntled employee wanted to get back at the company -- "Every time he made a public move, he addressed the Tweeter employees - "there's still hope; keep coming to work; we'll actually pay you..."" -- but at this point, that can't be proven.
We were first alerted to the hacking by a commenter, motion, who left the following message:
Multiple Tweeter stores did not pick up their phones yesterday when CE Pro tried to contact them.
A visit to the site Wednesday morning provided users with the following text:
George Schultze is the George Bush of Tweeter!
He made promise after promise for over a year. In the end, those promises turned to one big finger.
Craig Boucher, his lackey, is a flat-out liar!
Every time he made a public move, he addressed the Tweeter employees - "there's still hope; keep coming to work; we'll actually pay you..."
Don't trust either of them!!!
The site is adorned with an obviously Photoshopped picture of President Bush flipping his middle finger.
Warning: please use discretion when viewing the following photo.
Who's to Blame?
So who pulled this off? At this point, we're not sure.
From the text on the site, one can infer that a disgruntled employee wanted to get back at the company -- "Every time he made a public move, he addressed the Tweeter employees - "there's still hope; keep coming to work; we'll actually pay you..."" -- but at this point, that can't be proven.
We were first alerted to the hacking by a commenter, motion, who left the following message:
scroll up and click on Tweeter’s website. someone has sent Schultze a response. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE APPLAUSE to whoever pulled this off.
Multiple Tweeter stores did not pick up their phones yesterday when CE Pro tried to contact them.
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7 Comments (displayed in order by date/time)
Good Job!! I don’t know what’s more funny….the hacking or the fact that it’s taken so long for someone to take it down (or do they even care at this point?).
Who’s at fault? More like, who’s to congratulate?
I can’t get to Tweeter’s Web site anymore. Everyone else having the same problem? Maybe someone finally shut it down.
I don’t care who you are, that’s just plain funny. Well done! The shout outs to those involved in the top right of the image hint at who is involved.
Feel free to contact George Schultze here and let him know how you feel:
OH…and don’t forget about Boucher:
craig.boucher AT crgpartners.com
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Here’s a Bush bird-flipping that’s definitely not photoshopped: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeJmmQ5y9eQ
NSFW if your company does not approve of bird flipping by government officials.