Twitter hacker targets Chester Bennington's widow hours after his suicide
Within hours of news breaking of the suicide of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, hackers had targeted the Twitter feed of his widow Talinda, with the account tweeting confessional messages in which she claimed she had driven her husband to take his own life.
The hacker posted a total of seven messages, with "Talinda" confessing that she only married Bennington for his money, and was having an affair with a fellow member of Linkin Park. Several of the messages were retweeted and liked hundreds of times in the short period in which they were up. All of the tweets have since been deleted, though Bennington's account is still active.
Some fans were initially uncertain as to the legitimacy of the tweets, one expressing "I truly hope your account has been hacked, as I don't want to believe you can be so horrible towards Chester's passing." Another added "why was someone who loved him be so cruel to him and hurtful [sic]".
But the majority of responses were immediately dismissive of the inflammatory messages, with many condemning the hacker for exploiting Bennington's grief.
People are so disgusting why do they have to hack @TalindaB account and make her feel worse ? Only God knows what she is going through now..
— Noor (@ThisisChazendra) July 21, 2017
OH and can someone hack whoever hacked @TalindaB so we can find out who this disgraceful excuse of a human being is ���� #yourepathetic
— JAX (@__Jaxsays) July 21, 2017
@TalindaB Your grammar is horrible. We hope you learn how to spell in hell. Hacking a person who's grieving is not cool.
— Erika (@ErikaGCordova) July 21, 2017
I had to unfollow @TalindaB that hacker is breaking my heart with their insensitivity
— Sarah Fields (@lysillia) July 21, 2017
The suicide of Chester Bennington at the age of 41 has provoked an outpouring of grief from fans, particularly those to have grown up with his music and that of his band Linkin Park. He and his wife, with whom he had three children, were previously targeted by a cyberstalker in 2008. Devon Townsend hacked into the couple's emails and sent threatening messages to the pair, a crime that resulted in Townsend being sentenced to two years in jail.
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