Britney Spears’ rep confirmed she is “alive and smartly” after any person hacked one of Sony Music’s Twitter accounts, tweeting that the pop superstar had died.
“Britney Spears is alive and smartly, her rep tells CNN,” CNN reporter AnneClaire Stapleton tweeted on Monday, December 26. “It appears @SonyMusicGlobal erroneously tweeted her death. Sony rep says no remark.”
In the early hours of Monday morning, Sony Music Global’s verified Twitter account falsely announced that Spears, 35, had kicked the bucket. “RIP @britneyspears #RIPBritney 1981-2016,” the account tweeted to its 613,000 followers.
The account then tweeted, “britney spears is lifeless by chance! we will be able to inform you more soon,” and received greater than 650 retweets inside of minutes.
Nobel winner Bob Dylan’s Twitter account gave the look to be hacked too, as his verified profile oddly paid tribute to the “Slumber Party” singer after Sony — which owns Spears’ record label, RCA — tweeted the pretend news. “Rest in peace @britneyspears,” read the now-deleted tweet.
Both of Sony Music Global’s tweets about Spears were removed from their Twitter account as neatly. The company answered to the hack in a tweet that has also been deleted: “we noticed a brand new IP logged in to the account a few mins ago and the tweet is posted through a new IP so @britneyspears remains to be alive #OurMine.”
One day prior to the web hoax, Spears celebrated Christmas together with her family. The Grammy winner took to Instagram on Sunday, December 25, to proportion a video of her sons, Sean Preston, 11, and Jayden James, 10, and nieces, Maddie, 8, and Lexie, 6, taking part in the holiday outdoor at an undisclosed locale.
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“Some good looking and zip lining for the vacations!” she captioned the clip. “Merry Christmas!! 🎄”
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