AFL journalist Tom Morris has had his X account hacked and his non-public particulars leaked on-line.
Morris, who was embroiled in a scandal in 2022 that ultimately misplaced him his job at Fox Footy, mentioned he had been involved with Victoria Police following the incident.
“My X account was hacked in a single day. It’s now been recovered, however please be cautious of any exercise despatched or communicated this morning,” he posted.
“The tweets despatched weren’t from me. The matter is now with Victoria Police and different related authorities.”
The posts included homophobic remarks and threatened to leak his direct messages to the general public.
The hacker had additionally tweeted to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, telling him “it’s time to ban the gays” earlier than writing “God I hate the #Pleasure neighborhood”.
Morris’ telephone quantity was additionally shared to his 39,000 followers.
Morris was sacked final March after audio of him making offensive feedback about then Fox Sports activities colleague Megan Barnard was leaked to social media.
His sacking within the opening week of that 12 months’s AFL season was one of many largest scandals of the 12 months.
Morris copped a unprecedented private assault from Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge in a post-game press convention after the season opener over a staff choice story Morris reported.
Beveridge apologised the next day, however the alternate was overshadowed by the leaking of the offensive Morris audio on WhatsApp.
A second clip that includes homophobic and racist slurs additionally emerged on social media earlier than Morris was ultimately sacked by Fox Footy.
Morris apologised for his feedback on the time, describing them as “disgusting and disgraceful”.
“It’s not one thing I’ll have the ability to dwell down,” Morris advised the Don’t Shoot the Messenger podcast.
“I’m deeply ashamed of what occurred.
“I can’t be clear sufficient. I deserved to be sacked.”
Morris mentioned his offensive feedback had been a symptom of the “warped world” he lived in, and he’s since undertaken “ongoing training … to adequately educate myself to turn out to be a respectful regular grownup”.
“I assumed I used to be one of many good guys … males who’re heterosexual and white like me usually assume we’re the nice guys and, in reality, we don’t know what we don’t know. I turned a blind eye … I used to be egocentric, and I ignored it for a decade,” he mentioned.
