Comedian urges fans to avoid Bandcamp until it's sorted

Daniel Kitson has warned his fans not to buy any of his shows from Bandcamp after he was targeted by hackers.

Criminals have hijacked his page on the digital record store, diverting money from his sales to their own PayPal account.

In an email sent to his mailing list this afternoon, the comic says he’s been locked out of his account on the site – and told fans not to make any purchases until he can fix the security breach.

The comic was targeted after releasing his 2009 show We Are Gathered Here via the digital store yesterday. Initial sales propelled it to the top of the bestseller chart, giving it a place on the Bandcamp home page and apparently attracting the attention of what Kitson calls ‘someone extremely naughty’.

In his mailout, he said the cyber attack ‘means not only is someone draining the sweet kerchingles but i am also unable to change the page or even access the account.

‘I’ve contacted bandcamp through the website but there seems to be no way of doing so with any speed and even once they get the emails their replies may be intercepted by the same naughtiness - so i’m sending this just to say. DONT BUY ANYTHING FROM MY BANDCAMP PAGE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.’

He added: ‘It’s a very unsettling feeling to know that someone else has control of my bandcamp account, my listings page and presumably, all the recordings.

'I’ll get it all sorted soon enough, i imagine, after which, i’ll dingle you again to let you know but currently this seems to be the only steps i can take with any alacrity.’

Published: 26 May 2021