Cybersecurity expert: ‘Pick cotton’ racist text messages likely organized, planned out [Video]

FALL INTO THE WRONG HANDS. RACIST TEXT MESSAGES REPORTED IN AT LEAST 14 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE GRANDMOTHER JACKIE BRADLEY TELLING 12 NEWS HER 12 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER RECEIVED ONE OF THE MESSAGES. SHE ASKED ME, DID I GET MY TEXT? I WAS LIKE, WHAT TEXT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND THAT’S WHEN SHE KIND OF WENT INTO DETAIL AND SHE SAID IT WAS ABOUT SLAVERY GOING TO PICK COTTON. I SAID, NO, I DIDN’T GET IT. THE MESSAGE READ IN PART, YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PICK COTTON AT THE NEAREST PLANTATION. PLEASE HAVE YOUR BELONGINGS TOGETHER BY TEN SHARP. OUR EXECUTIVE SLAVES WILL COME TO PICK YOU UP IN A YELLOW VAN. FROM WHAT I’M SEEING, IT SEEMS TO BE QUITE ORGANIZED AND PLANNED OUT. CYBERSECURITY EXPERT ALEX HOLDEN SAYS WHOEVER IS BEHIND THESE MESSAGES LIKELY STOLE THE INFORMATION ON THE DARK WEB, INCLUDING PERSONAL …