Hackers send porn and attack Government via Boyle’s Twitter account

“SENATOR, your account’s been hacked.”

Hackers send porn and attack Government via Boyle’s Twitter account

This alarming message was among the first of hundreds which stopped Green Party chairman Dan Boyle in his tracks and set the internet site Twitter abuzz yesterday afternoon.

The country’s most prominent political tweeter had enjoyed an afternoon in an overcast Kinsale when word filtered out that his Twitter website had been infiltrated.

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