No, the Phillies aren’t trading for Luis Robert Jr. — but Buster Olney’s hacker did bring some laughs
Chicago White Sox's Luis Robert Jr. is not heading to the Phillies in a trade. ESPN insider Buster Olney had his X account hacked.that the Phillies were trading for White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr., you’d be forgiven for thinking it was legit. All things considered, it followed the exact format Olney might use when breaking trade news and came from his verified account.
Olney was hacked on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday. While the hacker initially just posted a few videos and some … unsavory content, they quickly asked just who it was they’d hacked. An opportunistic Yankee fan replied asking him to tweet “I hate the Mets,” and the hacker was off and running.
The hacker also tweeted that Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani had been banned for life for gambling, and would be subject to life in prison. Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, pleaded guilty to tax and bank fraud connected to gambling last week, and is set to be sentenced on Oct. 25.Kid, that ship’s sailed. But it made for a much more entertaining hack than if they’d just posted about Bitcoin, or an iPad, as most hackers typically do.