crypto hackers – A gay OnlyFans creator known as Daddy Patrick says his X account was hijacked through a fake DM link, then used to demand GAT crypto and flood his timeline with MAGA propaganda—while he tried to recover his online identity.
When Patrick Bewley checked his X feed that April, it wasn’t just broken—it had turned political overnight. The gay OnlyFans creator. known online as “Daddy Patrick. ” says his account went from posts filled with adult content to what he describes as a “crazy MAGA mode. ” after an attacker took control.
The stakes weren’t abstract for Bewley. In the adult industry, he says, follower counts on X don’t just reflect attention—they signal credibility, and that can determine who wants to work with you.
Before the hack, Bewley’s X feed was normally filled with posts about leather three-ways and clips of poolhouse erotica. He decided to enter the adult industry at age 60, and within under two years his followers on X rose to 132,000. Then. in April. the account suddenly became very political—very MAGA—with posts like “President Trump stuns the World announcing America has more oil than the next two largest Oil economies COMBINED.” Bewley says it wasn’t him.
The first breach began on April 9. Bewley received a DM on X from a coworker, the porn director and editor Jasun Mark. Mark’s account had already been hacked, though Bewley didn’t know that at the time. The DM asked Bewley to nominate Mark for an award—something Bewley says “did sound kind of like something he would do.”.
Mark’s message included a link that redirected Bewley to a fake X page asking for his login information. Bewley says “nothing was taking, or so I thought,” so he went about his day. Later, Mark told him he hadn’t actually sent that DM about the award nomination. That’s when Bewley checked his page and realized his account was gone.
By tricking Bewley into clicking the fake link, the attacker changed the name, telephone number, and email on his account. First, the handle became @DADDYPATRIOzvu. A day later, on April 10, it shifted again to @Fatherokdwcjo63.
His partner, Jerry Burt, immediately reported the hack to X from his personal account, saying the account had been stolen. After that, Bewley says, the hijacker started pushing the account into MAGA propaganda. The banner and avatar were replaced with a menacing black-and-white picture of Steve Bannon advertising WarRoom.org. the official site for his politics podcast. A linktree to Bannon’s platforms followed, listing items including his TikTok, Telegram, merch store, and official website.
On April 16—about a week after the initial attack—the compromised account posted an image of Donald Trump with a text overlay that read “GOOD MORNING, I’M STILL YOUR PRESIDENT.” Under the post, Burt asked how they could get the account back.
The response came in screenshots reviewed by WIRED. “Just pay for it. That’s all,” the hijacker wrote. “You want this account or not? Ain’t joking man.” The demand wasn’t vague: the asking price was $2,000 in GAT crypto.
When Bewley refused, the attacker messaged Bewley’s employer, Ducati Studios Network, a gay porn production company where he had recently joined as CMO. The demand to the company was $3,000 in crypto.
After nearly two weeks of back-and-forth, Burt stopped engaging. Then the hijacked account escalated. Burt says it began “force feeding pro-MAGA propaganda,” reposting between 20 to 30 posts a day from extremist Republican pages. One of the accounts mentioned was @MAGAVoice, which describes itself as a “Proud Patriot. Pro Elon Musk” account that wants to “take back OUR country.”.
For Bewley, the loss of the account hit harder than the money demand. He told WIRED that a high follower count on X carries real weight in adult entertainment: “In a way. it dictates who will want to work with you.” He said it’s “almost like a ranking. ” and that “everybody wants to work with you if you have over 100. 000 followers. ” because it creates “automatic credibility.”.
WIRED reached out to an account that appears to be associated with Bewley’s hack but received no response.
Bewley is one of several gay OnlyFans creators WIRED spoke to who were targeted by recent crypto scams on X. In those cases. attackers are attempting to extort money from creators to recover accounts. and when creators refuse. their accounts can be flooded with crypto-related posts—or. as Bewley experienced. MAGA propaganda.
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So they hijacked his X just to spam MAGA stuff??
Not gonna lie, that sounds like the usual cyber scam + political bots combo. If someone DM’s you a link and it’s supposed to be “for an award” I’m immediately suspicious. Also MAGA propaganda on a porn account is kinda wild.
Wait so the attackers were gay too or something? Like the title says gay OnlyFans star hostage but then it’s like hackers demanding GAT crypto? I don’t even know what GAT crypto is. I read it like they kidnapped him for his followers or credibility but then it’s just his account getting hacked? Either way people fall for links all the time.
This is why I don’t click DMs. But also, why would a porn director editor DM an award nomination and a link, seems off from the start. They say it switched to MAGA mode overnight like that’s automatic? Could be someone else trying to tank his credibility with advertisers. Crypto “hackers” demanding whatever (GAT??) doesn’t surprise me, but the MAGA posts part feels like somebody’s personal vendetta using a hacked account.