Popular PUBG Twitch streamer and former Counter Strike pro Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek had his Twitter hacked. In addition to threatening to release nude photos, the hacker also spammed the account with follower requests for bunch of other Twitter accounts.

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The hacker got ahold of Shroud's account on Saturday morning. A stream of Tweets followed that contained links to other twitter accounts, threats to release nude photos, and a stream of hateful language aimed at other Twitch stars, including DrDisRespect, who recently suffered from a hack of his own Twitter account. The hacker also claimed to have access to photos of Shroud’s girlfriend Hannah 'Bnans' Kennedy. They promised to release the photos once a few specific Twitter accounts gained enough followers.

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Shroud, currently the second most popular Twitch streamer according to subscriber count, has a huge following which unfortunately received the brunt of the spam. Even though Shroud was the victim of the attack, most folks don’t want to see that kind of hate speech in their feeds.

Social media accounts hold a lot of weight for streamers who make names for themselves online. The more famous the streamer, the more desirable these accounts become for hackers. No one has immunity to this kind of attack, as even famousFortnite streamer Ninja recently had his Instagram hacked. A hack and subsequent spam can push impatient users away when they see their feeds filling up with nonsense. This can cause severe headaches for streamers whose audiences drive their financial success.

Lucky for Shroud, he noticed quickly. It only took him about 30 minutes to get his account back. He handled the situation well and apologized to his fans with a cat photo. He removed the Tweets as soon as he got control of his account.

WERE BACK BABY. I'm sorry about that.. :( enjoy this pls. Thx <3 pic.twitter.com/aSjQyIt20P

This seems like a growing trend for streamers. Hackers want to leverage these accounts to gain their own followers and to make the streamers look bad. Usually, social media hacks relate to poor password management and don’t actually give hackers access to files on the user’s computer, which means that the threat of nudes doesn’t hold any weight.

While no one should have to worry about this kind of thing, streamers should understand that their fame and large follower accounts make them targets. In the case that these social media hackings do simply relate to poor password management (like using the same password for multiple accounts), streamers should take responsibility to lock down their accounts as much as possible and patch up any holes that hackers can push through.

For now, it seems Shroud's Twitter account has returned to normal.

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Source: The Gamer

Michael Grzesiek (born June 2, 1994), better known as shroud (formerly mEclipse), is a Canadian streamer, YouTuber and former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player.^{[4][5][6][7][8]} He is known for playing first-person shooter and battle royale games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Apex Legends, Escape from Tarkov, Valorant, and more. Grzesiek is often recognized as one of the best 'aimers'.^[9]As of March 2021, his Twitch channel has reached over 9.2 million followers, ranking as the third most-followed channel on the platform,^[10] and his YouTube channel has over 6.74 million subscribers.^[3]

Career

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Grzesiek started his Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) career with several ESEA teams, particularly Exertus eSports and Manajuma. He was soon signed by compLexity Gaming as a stand-in, and later by Cloud9 in August 2014 when they acquired the roster of compLexity. He helped lead Cloud9 to a first-place finish at ESL Pro League Season 4 in 2016 and a second place in ESL One Cologne 2017.^{[citation needed]} On August 16, 2017, it was announced that he and long-time teammate Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert would be stepping down from Cloud9's active roster.^[11] On April 18, 2018, Grzesiek left Cloud9 and retired from professional CS:GO.^[12]

Streaming and content creation

Since transitioning from a professional CS:GO player to a full-time streamer on the streaming platform Twitch, Grzesiek has maintained a diverse set of games. As of March 2021, he has streamed for over 9,100 hours on the platform, and has acquired over 455 million total views.^[13] On March 10, 2019, he reached 100,000 Twitch subscribers—and gained another 14,000 the next day—making his subscriber count more than double the runner up streamer at the time: Timothy 'TimTheTatman' Betar.^[14] He continued to stream full-time on Twitch until October 2019.On October 24, 2019, Grzesiek officially announced his move from Twitch to Mixer and would be broadcasting exclusively on Microsoft's streaming platform, following the steps of fellow streamer Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins, who announced a similar deal earlier that year. This decision surprised his fans, as he previously stated, 'Hey man, Ninja's gone... It's all me, baby. Gotta take advantage.'^[15] He claimed, 'I just thought it was the best move for my career.'^[16]

On June 22, 2020, Microsoft announced that it would be shutting down Mixer and instead partner with Facebook Gaming. It was alleged that Grzesiek received an offer from Facebook that would have financially exceeded that of Mixer. Grzesiek has since declined the offer, and received the remainder of the current contract payout. Grzesiek released a statement via his Twitter account saying, '[...] I love you guys and am figuring out my next steps.'^[17]

On August 11, 2020, Grzesiek announced that he would return to stream exclusively on Twitch.^[18] His first stream back the following day peaked at over 516,000 concurrent viewers.^[19][20][21]

Tournament results

Shroud Twitter Mixer

Awards and nominations

See also

References

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External links

• Shroud on Twitch
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