Mariah Carey's Twitter account hacked on New Year's Eve, hackers sent dozens of offensive tweets

Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY
Mariah Carey's Twitter account hacked on New Year's Eve, hackers sent dozens of offensive tweets

Singer Mariah Carey's account was hacked on New Year’s Eve.

Carey’s account tweeted dozens of off-the-wall and offensive statements including racial slurs before Twitter locked it.

Twitter confirmed that Carey's account had been compromised.

"As soon as we were made aware of the issue, we locked the compromised account and are currently investigating the situation," the company said in a statement sent to USA TODAY Tuesday.

The hackers claimed to be The Chuckling Squad that in August broke into the Twitter account of Twitter CEO Jack’s Dorsey as well as other celebrities.

At least one arrest was made in the hacking of Dorsey’s Twitter account, according to Motherboard. The hackers used a technique called SIM-swapping, where hackers trick a wireless provider into handing over control of a phone number.

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This is not the way that Carey probably wanted to bring 2019 to a close.

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" helped the superstar to become the first artist to rule the Billboard Hot 100 in four decades.

Messages including disparaging remarks such as "Eminem has a little penis." #ChucklingSquad appeared on her account.

Some of Carey's fans demanded the hackers leave her account alone. Others begged for the account to follow them.

One of the tweets from Mariah Carey's hacked Twitter account
One of the tweets from Mariah Carey's hacked Twitter account
A retweet from Mariah Carey's hacked Twitter account.
A retweet from Mariah Carey's hacked Twitter account.

After hackers took control of Dorsey's account, Twitter suspended accounts that the hackers retweeted and suspended the account that appeared to be responsible for the hack.

In 2016, Dorsey's account was taken over by the hacker group OurMine, which also attacked other high-profile social media accounts including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

The Twitter CEO is a co-founder of the service, along with Biz Stone and Ev Williams and also serves as CEO of Square, the payments firm.

Singer Mariah Carey participates in the ceremonial lighting of the Empire State Building to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the release of her single "All I Want For Christmas Is You" on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ORG XMIT: NYEA102
Singer Mariah Carey participates in the ceremonial lighting of the Empire State Building to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the release of her single "All I Want For Christmas Is You" on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ORG XMIT: NYEA102

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