The hacker tricked his followers into posting tweets with the #DappysSoldiers hashtag

Sep 23, 2013 08:59 GMT  ·  By

It appears the verified Twitter account British rapper Costadinos Contostavlos, better known as Dappy, has been hacked.

The hacker urged Dappy’s over 560,000 followers to post tweets with the hashtag #DappysSoldiers. The hashtag was even a trending topic in the United Kingdom on Sunday. However, the rapper claims he didn’t publish the initial tweet and he doesn’t even know what #DappysSoldiers represents.

“Guys the tweets from my account today have not been from Me!!! I don't talk and i certainly don't spell like that. #Hacked #Again,” Dappy wrote.

“What the [expletive] is #Dappysoilders ???? That doesn't even make sense LOL. I need to put my phone away more often,” he added.

This last tweet indicates that the account hijacking might be the work of someone who had physical access to the celebrity’s phone, not some hacker who guessed or phished out his password.