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‘The whole incident was exceptionally unpleasant and stressful’: Frank Graves reclaims his social media account from cyber thief

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EKOS Research founder Frank Graves spent 12 days trying to reclaim his personal X account after it was hijacked. 'As someone studying online harm and disinformation, I didn’t realize that I would become a vivid, real-life example of those problems,' he told The Hill Times.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

February 23, 2026

Pollster Frank Graves is back on social media after his personal X account was hacked, taking him almost two weeks to get it back.

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