NASA‘s Kepler space telescope has revealed more than 2,300 previously unknown exoplanets since its launch in 2009—crucial work in the search for habitable planets and life beyond Earth. On Wednesday morning, its Twitter account got hacked by a sexy butt.
NASA spacecraft has its Twitter hacked by someone’s butt https://t.co/ncpIGEDGcw pic.twitter.com/pwwYQiso8n
— Graham Cluley (@gcluley) July 6, 2016
Whoever got into the @NASAKepler account pinned a tweet featuring a fetching derriere in red panties and a porn spam link. It may seem like a strange choice of accounts to break into, but with more than 500,000 followers, Kepler’s Twitter is a pretty juicy target.
Everything’s back to normal now.
Our account was temporarily compromised. We’re back in business, ready to tell you about new planet discoveries.
— NASA Exoplanets (@NASAExoplanets) July 6, 2016
But the brief booty invasion provided an opportunity for space enthusiasts to make their best Ph.D.-level jokes about “moons” and “Uranus.”
https://twitter.com/dylan27w/status/750737706565701632
https://twitter.com/haggard_dad/status/750693298264641536
I have to say, I didn’t mind the Kepler’s mission to show all of Twitter a ‘full moon’ ;)
— CanPL Sophisticated Sports Fan (@JeffDSalisbury) July 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/JamsCowbell/status/750692064434716672
Shut up, nerds.
H/T Graham Cluley
