Earlier this week, various Twitter accounts were targeted by hackers in what appeared to be a Bitcoin scam. Affected users ranged from billionaires Elon Musk to Barack Obama to Kim Kardashian, among many others. The accounts all posted the same message, a promise to send Bitcoins to anyone who clicked the linked provided. Twitter’s investigation team found that clicking the link actually just redirected users to comeuntochrist.org, which quickly led to the discovery that 21-year-old RM Matt McKay was responsible for the hack.
“I hacked those accounts because it seemed like the easiest way to share the gospel,” McKay said. “You wouldn’t believe how hard ministering is during a pandemic; hacking some of the biggest accounts on Twitter was just such a simpler option. People would click the link, expecting Joe Biden to send them a fat digital wad, and ended up getting a fun introduction to the Church! Pretty fool-proof, if you ask me.”
Some people agreed with that logic. Danielle Oaks, a fellow recently returned missionary, was among the users who fell for the scam and followed the link.
“I was really hoping to get that $2000 from Kanye,” Oaks explained, “but honestly when I saw I’d been redirected to the Church’s website, I knew exactly what was going on. Obviously, it was a reminder to do the Come Follow Me for this week. I hope more people take the initiative to do the same thing, it definitely was a good idea.”
With investigations wrapping up, the PR director for the Church only had one thing to say: “We had nothing to do with it, but you gotta admit it’s pretty epic. Also wear a mask.”