{"id":240941,"date":"2026-01-12T11:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/240941\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:36:06","slug":"fernandes-x-account-hacked-with-post-criticising-ineos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/240941\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernandes&#8217; X account hacked with post criticising INEOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have said captain Bruno Fernandes&#8217; X account was hacked after a string of posts, including one critical of the club\u2019s co-owners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/soccer\/2026\/0111\/1552501-uniteds-woes-deepen-as-they-crash-out-the-the-fa-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hours after the 2-1 FA Cup third-round exit at the hands of Brighton<\/a>, now-deleted posts appeared on his account, with one calling for the removal of the club\u2019s minority owners INEOS.<\/p>\n<p>In a flurry of messages, the account tagged the England cricket team, YouTuber KSI, adult star Bonnie Blue and world darts champion Luke Littler.<\/p>\n<p>In a post about launching a cryptocurrency, the account added: &#8220;This is why I need to get paid more&#8221; and also stated &#8220;Man United are in the dumps&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese playmaker is not a frequent user of the social media platform, with his most recent post before tonight coming in October, celebrating his 300th appearance for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United\u2019s account confirmed the hack, posting on their own feed: &#8220;Bruno Fernandes\u2019s X account has been hacked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Supporters should not engage with any of the posts or direct messages.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United have said captain Bruno Fernandes&#8217; X account was hacked after a string of posts, including one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-240941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}