My X/Twitter Got Hacked: Here is What Happened

I share about how my X/Twitter got hacked, how I got it back, and what I learned.

Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - How I Got Hacked
09:45 Lessons Learned

[carstation]

Years of advanced security and analysis training in IT. And Working in IT all to just say NEVER click a link in an email. Like EVER

[AndreaWhoGoesByAndrea]

"Don't let it consume you with worry. " I really appreciate your openness and vulnerability about the feelings of anxiety and stress that you've experienced and had to work through. Sometimes Bible teachers act like if you're under stress, you're not trusting God. I'm sorry this happened to you and hope you don't have to deal with more of that in the future. Lord willing.

[wb]

I am a very uneducated evangelical. Your videos are very enlightening to me. Thank you.

[jmfwest]

Another case of God taking the purposes of evil and using them for good. God bless Dr. Ortlund. Glad you were able to get things fixed and that the Lord brought fruitful reflection. It’s bittersweet how unexpected things like this can hit us in profound ways, I’m sure most everyone has had an experience like that. Thank you for your ministry, and I’m grateful the Lord continues to give strength as you pursue it.

[mirafmesfin]

Your minstry is reaching beyond the many yong peoples curious about the history, autenticity, and reasons of protestantism ...so what ever is in yoir way do not be discouraged ....God blessed....from Ethiopia 🇪🇹

[Ephesians-ynux]

How do I know this isn’t the hacker wearing a Gavin skin suit?
Still holding out hope for the new MacBook as a reward for my efforts to get a Nigerian prince out of jail.

[JadDragon]

It's awesome you got it back.

Jesus lives! ♥️ and is God 🙏🏻 Christ ✝️ and King 👑

[fernandoformeloza]

This is reminiscent to what happened to Allen Parr not too long ago

[michaelg]

First Allen Parr and then you...
glad you got it back! God bless

[beckoningzebra]

Sorry this happened to you Gavin. Thanks for sharing your experience. We appreciate your persistence and faithfulness through your online ministry and gospel-centered presence in the public square!

[chelseadawn]

Love your take always. Very encouraging 🙏🏽

[Daniel_Miller]

It's nice to see you've dealt with this in such a Christ-like manner, Gavin. I had a similar (non-tech-related) incident happen to me today and instead of wishing ill on the person I just prayed that God would save his soul, bless him in every way and draw the individual to himself.

We can only do these things in God's strength, as far as I'm concerned.

[kelseyworley]

So sorry this happened. God has put it on my heart to pray for you & your wife. I will. God bless you

[EndingSimple]

I've been very fortunate with spotting obviously bad sending addresses in spoofed emails from Amazon and such, but I know one day they'll get better at disguising that too. One thing I'm worried about is how many employees of tech companies might actually be working secretly for hacking groups. All these vulnerabilities that keep cropping up have to be coming from somewhere.

[jr_]

I’m not at a stage where I watch any of your videos that are not to do with responding to atheists, but you’ve been my favourite apologist for a while now.

However, the visible concern that you show here about others potentially being scammed because of you, really does put you in your own league in my opinion. Keep it moving, king.

[zekdom]

Hey buddy, I’m glad to hear it got resolved.

[mdmllc]

I kind of wanted an autographed MacBook………

[jocelyn]

Yay!! So glad it's all worked out.

[Iifewithbamikale]

Wow another new video! On my birthday too! I consider this a bday gift, a great one at that 😂🙏🏽

[SkyDuskk]

I've gone through a somewhat similar situation where it's felt like demonic forces have tried to get my attention off of God.

It's been something I've been struggling with for a few weeks and hearing this video helped me realize that I need to stay viligent to these type of things. I appreciate it