The spokesperson confirmed to Forbes that CNN’s TikTok account was affected.
TikTok didn’t immediately respond to CNET’s request for more information.
Celebrity Paris Hilton’saccount was activeas of Tuesday, after reports that it was one of the accounts hacked.
Neither CNN nor representatives of Paris Hilton immediately responded to CNET’s requests for comment.
However, it makes no mention of direct messaging.
There’s a separate support page that allows users toreport a suspicious DM.