The Australian:
Bill Shorten has called for an investigation into the hacking of Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne’s Twitter account after it “liked” a gay pornographic video in the early hours of yesterday.
The Opposition Leader said a serious investigation was needed to ensure sensitive defence information was not obtained through the alleged hacking of Mr Pyne’s personal Twitter account, which has 28,000 followers. Mr Pyne, who is overseeing Australia’s $50 billion defence manufacturing program, rejected the need for an investigation. His office said the breach happened on his personal Twitter account and had no links with the Defence Department.
Australian Conservatives senator Cory Bernardi — Mr Pyne’s longtime political rival — moved a motion in the Senate demanding the government investigate the hack. Liberal senator Eric Abetz said the hack of the minister’s “social media account” was a “matter of grave concern”.
At 2am yesterday, Mr Pyne’s Twitter account “liked” a video, from the account “XxxPornGay”, of two men in a sexual encounter.
As revellers across the nation celebrated the resounding Yes win following the government’s same-sex-marriage postal survey, the tweet was shared by a Twitter “bot” account, which lists the likes of all federal politicians to its followers.
Looks like a few scores being settled to me.
