News by Jack Gramenz 11th Feb 2021 3:37 PM Hackers may have successfully stolen media identity Joe Hildebrand s Twitter account but their plan to get him to pay for its return quickly fell apart. A series of messages between himself and the hackers, shared by Hilderbrand, shows the hackers becoming increasingly confused and frustrated at his refusal to meet their demands - with him even offering to pay them to keep the account in one exchnage. After finding out about the hack on Thursday night last week, the news.com.au columnist said he felt a weird sort of relief. I was grinning like an idiot, I was so happy, Mr Hildebrand told news.com.au.