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Chuckling Squad Hacks
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Overview
Chuckling Squad Hacks refers to a series of hacks performed via AT&T sim card replacement on popular YouTubers and Actors James Charles , King Bach, Etika , Amanda Cerny and Shane Dawson and Jack Dorsey. The hacker, who repeatedly included the phrase "chuckling RN" in Twitter and Instagram bios, hacked accounts over a two day period in August 2019 and posted numerous offensive tweets, videos and images to their accounts.
Background
On August 23rd, 2019, Twitter users began to notice that Amanda Cerny, Etika and Shane Dawson's Twitter and Instagram accounts had been hacked. Twitter user @missy_pri2[1] tweeted a screenshot of Amanda Cerny's Instagram account (shown below, left). Twitter user @tombatkai[2] posted a Shane Dawson tweet by the hacker saying, "Shane Dawson was hacked and im going to hell for laughing at this" (shown below, right).
![Amanda Hacked Nancy James @missy_pri2 @AmandaCerny your accounts on Instagram are hacked and they're posting weird stuff acerny2 108 567K 2 Posts Followers Following Amanda AquA & remain Is Daddy @chucklingsquad @aqua8172 discord.gg/UPRTYW Followed by johannesbart, amandacemy and 1 other cernyfit Fitness Trainer Followed by acemy2 johannesbarti and 2 others Email Followi.. Message Following Message Amanda Cerny and Johannes Bartl 12:14 AM Aug 23, 2019 Twitter for Android](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/554/935/f06.png)
![Shane Hacked tom @tombatkai Shane Dawson was hacked and im going to hell for laughing at this Shane Dawson @shanedaw.... .4m Yo @Keemstar dm @chucklingsquad @Grinchsquad1989 rn I got intel on jake Paul r----- underage girls 812 113 820 12:27 PM Aug 23, 2019 Twitter for Android](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/554/936/e00.png)
Developments
On August 23rd, 2019, actor King Bach, took to Twitter to blame AT&T for being hacked. The video gained over 2,800 likes and 480 retweets in five days.
Dear
ATT</a> ... <a href="https://t.co/7PdnqaU9ep">pic.twitter.com/7PdnqaU9ep</a></p>— King Bach (
KingBach) August 24, 2019
On August 24th, many Twitter users posted screenshots of the hacked accounts before the original owners were able to access their accounts. That day James Charles account was also compromised for a few hours. That evening, James Charles[3] tweeted "My ATT phone number was compromised earlier today and all of my social media accounts were therefore hacked too! Your fraud department just HUNG UP ON ME. Contact me immediately. This is a major security threat & my lawyer will be reaching out too" (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 2,600 likes and 160 retweets in four days. Keemstar [4] also commented on the hacking and blamed AT&T in a tweet that accumulated over 8,200 likes and 800 retweets in four days (shown below, right).
![Phone was compromised James Charles @jamescharles @ATT My ATT phone number was compromised earlier today and all of my social media accounts were therefore hacked too! Your fraud department just HUNG UP ON ME. Contact me immediately. This is a major security threat & my lawyer will be reaching out too. 4:25 PM Aug 24, 2019 Twitter for iPhone C](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/554/937/25b.png)
![Lawsuit KEEM @KEEMSTAR Yeah @ATT is looking at a major lawsuit for allowing hackers to call in and SIM card switch over big celebrity account! @KingBach @AmandaCerny @Etika @shanedawson & now @jamescharles all hacked due to ATT human error! New #DramaAlert today explaining! 2:42 PM Aug 24, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/554/938/74b.png)
That day, Insider[5] shared a screenshot of the hackers phone that was shared on Discord. The screenshot showed angry direct messages from PewDiePie and KeemStar due to the hackers offensive nature toward each YouTuber, especially in hacking deceased YouTuber Etika's account (shown below).
![Discord 9:05 Saturday, August 24 Gmail Show less 13m ago GMAIL pewdiepie (via Twitter) pewdrepie (@pewdiepie) has sent you a Dire... @pewdiepie: Whoever has this account, just sign off. Dont be that guy, its just lame. pewdrepie sent you a Direct Message. Whoever has this account, just sign off. Dont be that gu... 20m ago GMAIL KEEM (via Twitter) KEEM (@KEEMSTAR) has sent you a Dire... @KEEMSTAR: I know you guys are evil like this This is really really really wrong to do KEEM sent you a Direct Message. I know you guys are evil like this. This is really really really wrong ... GMAIL 21m ago Twitter Your Twitter password has been changed Hi Etika @ 999, You recently changed the password associated with your account @Etika. If you did not make this change and believe your Twitter account has been compromised, pleas...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/554/939/b5e.png)
On August 24th, DramaAlert uploaded a video which covered the general information regarding the hacking. The video garnered over 1.7 million views and 101,000 likes in four days (shown below).
Jack Dorsey Hack
On August 30th, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was hacked in a similar fashion, as the account began tweeting obscenitiesm, jokes such as Chungus and the hashtag #ChucklingSquad (shown below).
![Jack's Tweets jack #ChucklingSquad get it trending for the Twitter password @jack 4m ti 66 26 154 @jack 5m jack Plugwalking to bed t164 32 240 jack @jack 5m Intel is there's a bomb at Twitter HQ #Chuckling Hella #ChucklingSquad 21 t 86 126 jack @jack 6m #N----- t 1.4K 512 1.3K > >](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/557/250/3d6.jpg)
![Retweets t jack Retweeted Owen @OwenBDK Aug 24 James Charles got some nice b ty t 332 127 4.1K t jack Retweeted 13 @taytaylov3r 8m nazi germany did nothing wrong 48 503 t173 t jack Retweeted Aqua @SirChuckler Aug 29 If I Go Jail l'll Still Be Chuckling #Chuckling Hella 45 ti 76 308 t jack Retweeted Joe @lelouchwashere 13m follow me i am jacks daddy 4 23 t 41 219 ta jack Retweeted xu @xu019 28m t26 14 94](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/557/251/cfa.jpg)
Twitter users joked about the irony of Jack getting hacked on his own account. User @DocMcCockiner stated it was "fucking hilarious" (shown below, left). User @TomGara joked it was a result of the entire Twitter staff going to Burning Man (shown below, right).
![LOL Barry McCockiner @DocMcCockiner Jack getting hacked on his OWN WEBSITE is f------ hilarious. 4:00 PM Aug 30, 2019 Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/557/252/c32.jpg)
![BURNING MAN Tom Gara @tomgara I feel bad for Jack Dorsey but this is what happens when your entire staff goes to Burning Man 3:59 PM Aug 30, 2019 Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/557/253/4b9.jpg)
Various Examples
![Etika Hacked Juan Miguel Deleon @Videogameboypro Wow, @Etika's account was recently hacked. Do not click the link on Etika's bio. It leads to the hacker's Discord server and it's very likely you'll get DD0S'd, and I hope Twitter fix his account. #etika Etika @ 999 @Etika Chuckling RN Brooklyn, NY & d iscord.gg/gmYdyEh 2:36 PM Aug 24, 2019 Twitter for Android](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/554/942/e13.png)
![Second Time Amanda Cerny @AmandaCerny Second time My phone number was hacked because of human error within company at @ATT ?! I have all possible steps of verification added after the first time again and my account was still compromised... time to switch carriers. Be careful out there everyone. 10:14 AM Aug 23, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/554/940/db1.png)
![Sim replacements Flynn @tokkify Etika's, Shane Dawson's, King Bach's and James Charles' accounts all got hacked because of AT&T allowing the hacker to get sim replacements impersonating the victims. This happens a scary amount of times, even before what happened this week. AT&T is f-----. 3:02 PM Aug 24, 2019 Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/554/946/106.png)
![Etika FusionAnimations BFDIA Master The person who hacked Etika's account is deleting the tweets I think. Here they are just in case they did T-Mobile A NO 11:02 Etika@ 999 11.4K Tweets Tweets Tweets & replies Media Likes Etika @ 999 @Etika 10m Shoutout to the people that tried saving me,Debug, Gurv, Joe, Aqua, Owen, Remain. It meant a lot. #ChucklingHella 711 51 303 Etika@ 999 @Etika 14m Don't tell Etika I'm on his account #Chuckled 1.248 t119 493 Etika @ 999 @Etika 16m I'm currently drowning 1,788 284 991 Etika@ 999 @Etika 17m I'm back alive! Currently chuckling da boyz@ discord.gg/gmYdyEhf #ChucklingHella #JobGotDone 2:03 PM Aug 24, 2019 Twitter for Android](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/554/944/a80.png)
![James Charles ranch19 @EXTRAGREETING JAMES CHARLES GOT HACKED TOO LIKE HE ISNT VERIFIED NOWw Woody 1:52 PM 76% Jomes Chorotes Iares Follow James d Charles @jamescharles #ChucklingSquad caso f----- Ur Bitch @clol22 discord.gg/8zPPh3 Born May 23 T Joined January 2013 1,758 Following 3.9M Followers Followed by cake (caitlin) is still sad about endgame, SadeW. sophie, and 83 ot.. Tweets & replies Media Likes Tweets Pinned Tweet James d Charles @jamescharles 15m join im chuckling hella DISCORD 2:54 PM Aug 24, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/554/943/540.png)
![King Bach Hacked Ahmed H. Jacob @its ahmed20 King bach got hacked bruhh @ 45%) mobily 4G 8:23 AM < kingbache 4,310 Posts 18.4 M 581 Followers Following chuckling squad Actor Giving away 1000$ in my discord! discord.gg/Jst4es Followed by ismaila484, om.r15 and 50 others Following Message Vegas Wed... Lit Uber Unfollow m... SQUINNY ... Madd Owe s 1:23 AM Aug 23, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/554/941/347.png)
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