Gilbert Gottfried's verified Twitter account is HACKED and briefly DELETED after comedian's death

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Just hours after Gilbert Gottfried's family announced his passing, the comedian's verified Twitter account was hacked and lead to it being deleted briefly.The comedian's family announced he passed on Tuesday 'after a long illness' but shortly thereafter, someone took over the account and started spamming with tweets for OnlyFans and other porn accounts.The tweets were ultimately deleted and control of the account going back to the late comedian's family, though several fans captured the offending tweets before everything was deleted...

and those the hackers seemingly tried to pin the hack on denying their involvement. Hacked:Just hours after beloved comedian Gilbert Gottfried's family announced his passing, his verified Twitter account was hacked and lead to it being deleted briefly Hacked tweets: The comedian's family announced he passed on Tuesday, 'after a long illness,' but shortly thereafter, someone took over the account and started spamming with tweets for OnlyFans and other porn accountsOnce the hacker had control of Gottfried's verified Twitter, the person started tweeting and retweeting lewd messages to the comedian's followers.One of the retweets was from a user named Mason who said, 'Retweet if you eat a**,' while another was from a male OnlyFans performer dubbed Dimetimez.

Gottfried's Twitter account even changed his profile picture to match Dimetimez, though he insisted he had nothing to do with the hack.