Wired reporter Dell Cameron was permanently suspended from Twitter after reporting on the hacked account of antagonistic Daily Wire host Matt Walsh.
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Dell Cameron is banned from Twitter after a reported hack on Matt Walsh
Dell Cameron was banned from Twitter on 19th April Wednesday for reporting about a phone hack targeting Matt Walsh.
Moreover, Cameron’s article seemingly violated the rules on the social media platform about the distribution of hacked material.
In addition, one of Walsh’s p8nned tweets read, ‘My pronouns are That/N***a.’
In another, he said, ‘Joe Rogan Is A Pedophile’ while in a different tweet, he wrote, ‘I Can Confirm Andrew Tate Kidnapped And R*ped Those Girls.’
For the unversed, Walsh was referring to the infamous misogynist who is accused of human trafficking in the latter tweet.
The hacker on the other hand mentioned, ‘My Twitter Isn’t Hacked, This is Just The Real Me Coming Out.’
Subsequently, they shared a screenshot of the phone suggesting that they have access to Walsh’s email and text messages after spoofing his phone.
Cameron covered the events that took place on 18th April Tuesday when a hacker took control of Walsh’s Twitter account.
If you didn’t know, Walsh is infamous for sharing his transphobic views. Also, he has rejected non-binary gender pronouns in the past which led the hacker to promote songs about homosexuality from Walsh’s account.
The alleged hacker mentioned in an interview with Wired, ‘The intent was to make funny tweets, as Matt Walsh likes to ‘trigger’ people. We caused no financial harm, threatened anyone, [nor] ruined anything. (It was just) a few silly words on social media.’
An email shared with Rolling Stone read, ‘We don’t permit the use of our services to directly distribute content obtained through hacking that contains private information.’
Who is Dell Cameron?
Dell Cameron is a Texas-based journalist working at Wired since December 2022. He is currently employed as a Senior Policy Writer at the firm.
Additionally, his LinkedIn suggests that he started his career in journalism back in 2013. He has supposedly completed a three-month stint volunteering as an assistant to Temo Figueroa, a former Obama campaign national field director.
Furthermore, Cameron then began working for Vice Media as a freelance writer in 2013. He specialized in multiple areas including Cybercrime, surveillance technology, and Hacktivism.
Meanwhile, he has found the limelight over the years for being a leading investigative journalist in the field. Also, he has received awards for Investigative Reporting and Overall Excellence from G/O Media.