Valkyrae claims she was “threatened” for a year before social media hack
YouTube streaming star Rachell ‘Valkyrae’ Hoffstetter revealed key details dating back to when her social media accounts were compromised in 2019, claiming the hackers had threatened her for an entire year beforehand.
Valkyrae is one of the most popular broadcasters on the net right now, and one ofthe most-watched female streamers overall.After parting ways withTwitch to switch to YouTube in 2020,she’s continued to rise to greater heights — but not everything has been sunshine and roses for the star. Most recently, Rae became the target of massive backlash afterreleasing her skincare line, RFLCT,which aimed to protect skin from “blue light” from computer and phone screens. She hassince parted ways with the brandin light of criticism over the product’s claims.
Valkyrae opens up about previous social media hack
During a comeback broadcast discussing the RFLCT backlash, Rae spoke about another stressful situation that happened to her in 2019 when her social media accounts were hacked.
The streamer revealed that the hackers had threatened to take action against her for a year before finally infiltrating her accounts, successfully breaching her Instagram, andeven going live on her Twitch channel.
That wasn’t the worst part, though; Rae also said that the hackers had taken control of her dog’s Instagram account and had even deleted several of the pooch’s puppy photos, which Instagram unfortunately couldn’t retrieve.
