Hackers Turn Pro-Confederate Online Group Into Celebration Of Obama, Islam, And Gay Rights
The creators of a pro-Confederate Facebook group got a painful lesson in online security from a New York-based writer who hacked their group and turned it into everything they hate most of all.
Virgil Texas proudly admits he joined the private “Confederate Pride” group and then proceeded to change its banner picture several times before convincing page administrators to allow him to change all of its settings to “clean out the trolls.”
But what Texas did next was simply the best example of turning the tables in recent memory: he changed the name of the group to “LGBT Southerners for Michelle Obama and Judaism.” Here are some of his posts on Twitter as he did so:
I’ve settled on turning the group into LGBT Southerners for Michelle Obama and Judaism. wish me luck….READ MORE at LiberalAmerica.org
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By: Andrew Bradford
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4 responses to Hackers Turn Pro-Confederate Online Group Into Celebration Of Obama, Islam, And Gay Rights
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dave-dr-gonzo July 31st, 2015 at 08:46
Hilarious! And they did it without using goatzes (for the most part).
The best touch of all: rolling out the Revised Updated Gay Rainbow Hello Kitty Dixie Flag:
whatthe46 July 31st, 2015 at 09:13
ah ha!
Tommie July 31st, 2015 at 10:18
Effing nice, could not happen to a nicer group of racist A$$holes. These racist have been getting away with some things lately that is not cool!
Warman1138 July 31st, 2015 at 19:59
Kudos, that was some righteous hacking.