Damn Daniel, deleted: death of a viral video after Twitter hack
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#15FW2)
Despite millions of views, the Damn Daniel video was deleted on Monday morning after a hacker gained control of its creator Josh Holz's Twitter account
Another piece of internet history is gone, perhaps forever, after the creator of the viral "Damn Daniel" video, Josh Holz, had his Twitter account hacked on Monday.
Holz, 15, posted a video to Twitter of his friend Daniel Lara, 14, wearing a variety of shoes (don't ask) on 15 February. The video, a collection of clips of Holz exclaiming "Damn, Daniel", was also uploaded to YouTube at the same time. That version of the video remains live.
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