media publication Fast Company shut down its website for roughly a week after hackers gained access to its site and sent out "obscene and racist" push notifications to Apple News users.Īt the time, Fast Company said on Twitter its content management system was hacked and impacted its Apple News alerts. "These vile, racist, and sexist comments have no place in public discourse, even by those unlawfully hacking a Twitter account," said the press secretary for New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was also targeted in a racist headline.Īutomattic, the owner and operator of WordPress VIP, the content management system that enables publishing to the New York Post site, said it wouldn't "comment on active investigations," nor speak on behalf of the Post.
We demand answers."Ī representative for Zeldin didn't immediately respond to comment. While the Post has made its preferences very clear in the New York Governor's race, there is no room for this violent, sexist rhetoric in our politics. "The New York Post needs to immediately explain how this reprehensible content was made public.
"The New York Post has long fostered an ugly, toxic conversation on their front pages and social accounts, but these posts are more disgusting and vile than usual," a Hochul representative said Thursday.
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