“At first I thought the hack was unrelated to the post, which was perhaps naive,” says Geraldine DeRuiter, who adds that she's received hateful comments and attacks in response to her original post. “At the very least, the hack was a result of my account getting a lot of attention because of the post. At worst, it was a malicious attack. It appears that the hackers are quite young, and based on the DMs that were sent from my account, they get a kick out of taking over accounts and selling them.”
TOPICS: Mario Batali, Sexual Misconduct