#BLINKSCyberbullying Trends As Netizens Accuse BLACKPINK Fans Of Doxing Fans Of Other K-Pop Groups
“#BLINKSCyberbullying” has gone viral on Twitter after an account named @twice_trans, which posted English translations of TWICE activities, was hacked, and one of the admin’s face and private information were leaked. This is called “doxing,” when the personal information of an individual or a group is intentionally leaked online to cause them harm.
To all K-pop fandoms, one of our translator got hospitalised after getting their acc hacked & private info leaked, harrassed – cyberbullied by blinks & I'd like to bring to ur attention about this through this thread.
Your admins could be next.
A thread-#Blinkscyberbullying— 💮Haru🍀|🧪o+💥t=💗| (@harishk065) September 24, 2022
Some other popular internet accounts related to K-Pop have also been broken into recently, including SBS YouTube channels and another popular translator’s Twitter account, @misayeon, which has over 500,000 followers. In both cases, the culprits only seemed interested in promoting their content to earn money through cryptocurrency and OnlyFans.
misayeon_twt got hacked so basically everything got hacked
— misa 🌸 (@misapuffs) September 8, 2022
This attack is unique because the hacker also promoted BLACKPINK‘s latest studio album, Born Pink, causing many fans to believe that the hacker is part of BLACKPINK’s fandom, called BLINKs, although there is no confirmation of this.
According to the other admins of the account, the person who was targeted is now in the hospital for an undisclosed reason.
They further leaked his insta and threatened to release his phone number which pushed him further. Now he is unconscious in the hospital. This is not about kpop. This is beyond it and is a criminal offense.#Blinkscyberbullying pic.twitter.com/wuQiIiHSKu
— 💮Haru🍀|🧪o+💥t=💗| (@harishk065) September 24, 2022
Some theorized that the hacker’s motive was revenge since there are a few BLINKs who claimed that TWICE’s Dahyun had falsely said BLACKPINK Lisa‘s song “LALISA” played on an ad while she was on a live broadcast.
it all started just because of "skipping an ad" on yt.
twice_trans never engage to any fanwars yet #they targeted him. #they posted his photo, personal social media acc, making fun of him, and threatened to post more. now he's unconscious in the hospital… #blinkscyberbullying
— 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓂𝒸 🖊️ (@dearmichaeng) September 24, 2022
Fans were also shocked by the celebration of the incident by a small group of BLINKs who claimed it was deserved or even wished for a worse outcome.
Now, some blinks have been claiming that there's no proof that it was a blink who did it. Their behaviour was neither empathetic not reasonable. here's pics of them enjoying md celebrating this incident when it happened. They called it deserved😢#Blinkscyberbullying pic.twitter.com/OE5tpWhHIy
— 💮Haru🍀|🧪o+💥t=💗| (@harishk065) September 24, 2022
Many have come forward since the incident using the “#BLINKSCyberbullying” hashtag to say this is not the first time K-Pop fans have cyberbullied people in other fandoms.
Id like to add on to #Blinkscyberbullying
I used to post videos of me dancing on here. A blink I called out for being rude found my videos and decided to make them into gifs without my consent that were able to go on twitter. She tagged them under my @ and "obese girl dancing". https://t.co/AYWm5s9Pse pic.twitter.com/FcQlZQQxht
— Brooke⁷ 🐱🍊🏁 was @buwygfjjk (@P0SITI0NSKOO) September 25, 2022
if we're talking about blinks and their cruelty, I'd like to remind everyone blinks doxed my moot and spread her picture, kekeing in her qrts even though being an army in India is incredibly dangerous. They excused it as "protecting their fave" #blinkscyberbullying https://t.co/TaDFx1KbKr
— ˗ˏˋ🌟Mega⁷ #JIMIM 💜🐥BRIT DAY🌟ˎˊ˗ (@megaminimoni_) September 24, 2022
Hopefully, no one else is harmed by these attacks. There is no concrete evidence either way whether the hacker was indeed a BLACKPINK fan or just someone trying to foment bad blood between fandoms. Certainly, most fans agree that cyberbullying is wrong and that it should be rooted out wherever it rears its ugly head, and that no fandom is a monolith.
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