PewDiePie fans hacked the Wall Street Journal earlier today, claiming to offer an apology on behalf of the paper in an apparent attempt to get back at one of the many news outlets that have ridiculed him over the years.
A post on the Journal’s affiliated site was edited to say that the publication would “like to apologize to pewdiepie” and that he had been “misrepresented” by the paper’s journalists. The hacked note also said that the Journal would be supporting PewDiePie against T-Series in their fight for the top spot.
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This was the page after it was hacked. PewDiePie fans have considered the Wall Street Journal to be an opponent of the creator’s since running an investigation into his channel in February 2017. The investigation highlighted his use of anti-Semitic language, which led to PewDiePie losing his YouTube Red series, Scare PewDiePie and being dropped by Disney’s Maker Studios.
This isn’t the first hack Pewdiepie fans have launched. Previously, hackers set out on a mission to kill 2 birds with one stone; get people to subscribe to Pewdiepie and increase the security of their devices. For more information on the hack click here.
