The Internet lost a little piece of meme history over the weekend.
Josh Holz, the 15-year-old high school student behind the crazy viral "Damn Daniel" video, had his Twitter account hacked Sunday. Though the teen has since regained control of his account, the attackers deleted the original tweet that helped the the video go viral.
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The hackers appear to have gotten into Holz's account sometime Sunday. He said it was the second time his account had been hacked.
Everyone this is my official back up account. My account has been hacked a second time. Pay no attention to it. pic.twitter.com/1YojA5qhFr— Josh (@Josholzzz) February 27, 2016
Once in, the attackers posted racist videos and deleted the original tweet.
So uhh, it seems the account (@Josholzz) that posted the Damn Daniel video has been hacked pic.twitter.com/0Sv0nB2JzB— Ned Donovan (@Ned_Donovan) February 28, 2016
Naturally, Holz -- who was tweeting from another account until he could reagin control of his original account -- was devastated at losing the tweet.
I'm so hurt... He deleted the tweet that changed mine & Daniels life.. @danieI_laraa— Josh (@Josholzzz) February 27, 2016
Can't believe it... pic.twitter.com/nUHiHd2G3T— Josh (@Josholzzz) February 27, 2016
He was able to recover access to his original account but there is no way to un-delete a tweet.
got my account back. they're are some really sick people out there and I'm sorry you guys had to see all that.— josh (@Josholzz) February 29, 2016
#getthevideoback— josh (@Josholzz) February 29, 2016
This was not the first time Holz has been targeted in the weeks after his sudden rise to viral stardom. Holz's family's house in Southern California was "swatted" last week after a prank call to police reported a shooting at the home.