Buster Olney's X account hacked to post false baseball news
ESPN reporter Buster Olney's X account was hacked and used to post false baseball information. The posts included false claims about player trades, the New York Mets, Shohei Ohtani and COVID-19, as well as profanity.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal X account hijacked and false information posted
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It emerged that Buster Olney's X account had been hacked and used to post false information about player trades, Shohei Ohtani and other topics.
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