Bigger shock than Katy Perry hacked: Her Twitter following

No word yet from Left or Right Shark, but Katy Perry’s Twitter account being hacked led to shock and surprise — about her having the most followers.

Over the weekend, someone found a way to tweet to the singer’s record number of followers. As techcrunch.com reported: “Many of Katy Perry’s 89 million Twitter followers — the most on the platform — were probably intrigued and confused when the pop star tweeted supposed archnemesis Taylor Swift this morning. As it turns out, that tweet—along with several others that were filled with profanity and slurs—was the work of a hacker and quickly deleted.”

Th site noted that Justin Bieber, Lea Michele and Britney Spears have been hacked on Twitter.

Someone kept a record of the fake Perry tweets:

It appears Katy Perry’s Twitter — with her more than 89 million followers — has been hacked… pic.twitter.com/VmTVKJYGqj

— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) May 31, 2016

NBC News reported:

“It’s not clear who was behind the attack. A Twitter user with the handle @sw4ylol has been widely linked with the hack across a number of publications. CNBC could not confirm if this user, who has not posted their real name, is responsible. The user posted a tweet asking, ‘Who TF is Katy Perry.’ This was followed up by another tweet containing a link to a track on music streaming site SoundCloud that the hacker claimed to be Perry’s new song called “Witness 1.3.”

“This tweet was later removed. But then another tweet was sent showing an email from SoundCloud saying that the track had been removed because of a copyright claim against it from Universal Music Group.”

Reaction to her No. 1 status:

KATY PERRY’S TWITTER IS HACKED, I AM DYING

— jeremy (@tiedyedslut) May 31, 2016

i wanna thank whoever hacked katy perry bc it’s hilarious I shouldn’t be laughing

— katia (@nightsflawless) May 31, 2016