- Footy Club president apologizes after his X account posted graphic image
- Former PWC boss claims victim of sinister hacking attack
Carlton Football chairman Luke Sayers has accused hackers of infiltrating his social media accounts and sending a graphic sexual image to an executive at one of the club’s key sponsors.
The former PWC CEO’s account .
The post was directed at the executive’s social media account, although the mother of two does not appear to have used X since 2017 and does not follow Sayers on the platform.
Sources close to the executive told Daily Mail Australia that she was distraught by the incident and “completely shocked.”
The post remained online for 12 minutes before Sayers noticed and hurriedly deleted the image before apologizing to his followers, saying he had been attacked by cybercriminals.
“Sorry, my account has been hacked. Please ignore all posts,” wrote the president of the football club.
The married father-of-four’s account, who has more than 7,300 followers, was later deleted, but other X users had already reposted the post and taken a screenshot.
Carlton Football Club chairman Luke Sayers has become embroiled in a lewd photo scandal after his X account tweeted a sexual image while tagging an executive from one of the club’s key sponsors.
The ‘hacking’ attack comes just over a month after Sayers and his wife Cate sold their mansion in Melbourne’s east for more than $16.5 million.
The offensive image posted on Mr Sayers’ social media account
Sayers, who is currently on a family ski trip to Italy, where he has a second home on Lake Como, told Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper he was “outraged” by the attack.
‘This is outrageous. “I am investigating and will spare no effort to find out who did this to me and my family,” he said.
The hacking attack comes just over a month after the prominent executive figure and his Cate sold their mansion in Melbourne’s east for more than $16.5 million.
The Sayers purchased the seven-bedroom home in Hawthorn East nearly two decades ago for $4.84 million.
Sayers headed the Australian division of international consultancy PwC for eight years, but left in 2020 to start investment and advisory business Sayers Group after becoming embroiled in the tax scandal that engulfed the global accounting giant.
He has been president of Carlton Football Club since 2021.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted both Sayers and the executive for comment.