The Hennepin County Library's Twitter account was hacked recently, causing problems for the staff. The account, which has around 4,300 followers, regained control yesterday morning after a daring raid. The staff is grateful no permanent damage has been done to both the library's reputation and to the account as a whole.Local Ned Ryerson had this to say, "Well I was taking my morning looky loo at the old library twitter and I saw some disturbing things, disturbing things on there. Some choose to forget the tweets, but I sure as heck fire will remember. It's like I told my friend Phil, once your soul has been scarred like that, there's just no going back, am I right? Or am I right? I'm right. Then I heard the library was organizing a resistance and I was, like, count me in, friend. And we did it."
No record has been made about the "library resistance," simply that the staff was alerted and control was lost. Then, on July 6, hope arose from inside the library when the tweet came out, "we don't have control back yet. I still have access through my phone." A lone individual was still inside the twitter, making a difference through the pain and irrelevant tweets. Finally, on the morning of July 7, a cry sounded out "FANTASTIC news!! We're back @hclib, please re-follow. Story to follow. Thank you again for the support and assistance." The hope of a county resumed.
[KSTP News]