Jamie Carragher’s X (formerly Twitter) account has been hacked during England’s final group stage Euro 2024 match against Slovenia.
The former Liverpool icon – and current pundit – would normally be sharing his thoughts on Gareth Southgate’s sides travails via the social media platform.
But the Sky Sports commentator appeared to be unable to access his account minutes after the Three Lions kicked off in Cologne.
At the time of writing, the hacker’s posts were live, and the hacker is still in control of the account, appearing to re-direct Carragher’s account to a new username of @XAIPremium.
Carragher’s former username – @Carra23 – is now linked to an account with just 15 followers, a far cry from his usual 2.3million.
Jamie Carragher’s X (formerly Twitter) account was hacked moments after England’s start against Slovenia
Fans were bemused to see their timeline flooded with a number of unrelated posts on Tuesday
The pundit has cultivated a significant following on social media, with over 2.3million followers
The photo changed to a picture of Gary Neville during his playing career at Manchester United, the bio reads: ‘pay me $30 for the user back’.
A sample of the bizarre posts shared to Carragher’s account during the hack include a number of references to X, and seem to promote cryptocurrencies.
A number of posts being reposted to the account similarly promote the official X social media account, and include business updates as well as X-centric memes.
Fans using the platform were baffled by the change in their feed, with one poking fun at the apparent similarities between the goings-on in Cologne and the X chaos.
‘This England midfield has as much control over this match as Jamie Carragher has over his Twitter account,’ one user wrote.
Another added: ‘I’ll be honest, Carragher getting hacked is by far the most entertaining thing about this England game.’
Carragher’s username was later changed after a number of esoteric posts to his timeline
At the time of writing, Carragher’s original username appeared to be being held for ransom
A number of fans joked that the entertainment on their feed was better than that on the pitch
Carragher himself responded to the hack towards full-time in Cologne as he poked fun at his normal social media presence
A third weighed in: ‘Jamie Carragher has now been hacked, this is what Southgate ball does to someone (crying emoji).’
Carragher responded to the hacking attempt via a different social media site – Instagram – as he called upon his followers to ignore the noise.
‘Twitter been hacked so there might be more nonsense on there than usual!’ The pundit joked.
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