via YouTube/InnerslothScience & TechNewsDays after AOC’s Among Us stream, the game is hit with a pro-Trump hackPlayers have reported an IRL impostor spamming messages in support of Donald TrumpShareLink copied ✔️October 25, 2020Science & TechNewsTextThom Waite This week, hundreds of thousands of viewers tuned in to watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez play the viral video game Among Us on Twitch, with an all-star cast brought together with the help of Chelsea Manning and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. Just days after the wholesome footage aired though, Among Us has been targeted with a massive hack that spams players with messages in support of Donald Trump. In case you’re still catching up, Among Us is a murder mystery-style game set in space, which sees up to ten players join a lobby. One or two of these players are impostors, and try to murder the others without getting found out – the innocent have to work together to complete tasks and vote to kick suspicious players off the ship. When AOC joined a lobby earlier this week – alongside Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and her daughter, the climate activist Isra Hirsi – it provided the perfect opportunity to garner support for the Democrats in the upcoming election with jokes about voting (namely: orange sus, vote him out). First reported on Thursday evening, however, the hacker spammed pro-Trump messages in the in-game chat, through other players’ avatars. Besides political messages, they also promoted various online accounts under the same handle: “subscribe to eris loris.” bruh im just trying to play among us. fuck eris loris and fuck trump period pic.twitter.com/RnY2zCkcYS— taylor (@tayclevv) October 23, 2020 In response to hundreds of screenshots of the hack shared via Twitter, the Among Us developers InnerSloth have rolled out “emergency maintenance”. In a Twitter post, they advise users to remain careful for the time being, writing: “Please play private games or with people that you trust!” Reminder!! Please play private games or with people that you trust!!! We're doing what we can!!— InnerSloth (@InnerslothDevs) October 23, 2020