Sarah Silverman’s Twitter Is Hacked, Posts Anti-Hillary Message

On the first night of the DNC, actress and comedian Sarah Silverman delivered a rebuke to the “Bernie or bust” crowd. Silverman, a former Sanders supporter, stood onstage with Sen. Al Franken to push a message of “unity,” and told anti-Clinton attendees they were “being ridiculous.”

Two days later her Twitter account was hacked to broadcast a message critical of the Democratic nominee.

MY TWITTER ACCT GOT HACKED THIS IS NOT ME https://t.co/hmZYLdrjxi

— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) July 27, 2016

NBC reported:

The since deleted post had said “America, are you awakening?” It also included language in the Cyrillic alphabet and linked to a YouTube video from the hacker group Anonymous on April 9 in opposition to Clinton.

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Sam Reisman (@thericeman) is a staff editor at Mediaite.

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