--- title: Pinterest Hacked: Social Networking Site Spammed With Butt Pictures description: Depending on what you use Pinterest for, this is either the best or the worst canonical: https://time.com/41701/pinterest-spammed-with-butt-pictures/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-28T15:42:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:18.683Z og:title: Hackers Flood Pinterest With Pictures Of Butts og:description: Depending on what you use Pinterest for, this is either the best or the worst og:url: https://time.com/41701/pinterest-spammed-with-butt-pictures/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hackers Flood Pinterest With Pictures Of Butts twitter:description: Depending on what you use Pinterest for, this is either the best or the worst twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Hackers Flood Pinterest With Pictures Of Butts by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 28, 2014 3:42 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 28, 2014 3:42 PM UTC Some hackers decided to replace the DIY mason jar chandeliers on Pinterest with a whole bunch of butts. Multiple accounts were hacked and promptly flooded with spam pictures, TechCrunch [reports](http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/27/pinterest-butt-hack/). Just imagine: you log in to the digital bulletin board and instead of your usual spread of inspirational quotes typed in Helvetica and recipes for sensible snacks, you just see a variety of butts, along with a few weight loss ads. More and more scammers have been targeting Pinterest as the site’s popularity has grown. The Better Business Bureau sent out a [scam alert ](http://www.bbb.org/council/news-events/bbb-scam-alerts/2014/03/pinterest-hacking-scams/)a few weeks ago with tips on how to keep accounts safe and how to spot suspect pins. Although, for the small sliver of Pinterest users who are really only on the site to see butt pictures (and we know those people are out there), this hack must have been a total blessing. Pinterest Hacked: Social Networking Site Spammed With Butt Pictures ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/41701/pinterest-spammed-with-butt-pictures/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/41701/pinterest-spammed-with-butt-pictures/"},"headline":"Hackers Flood Pinterest With Pictures Of Butts","datePublished":"2014-03-28T15:42:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:18.683Z","description":"Depending on what you use Pinterest for, this is either the best or the worst","url":"https://time.com/41701/pinterest-spammed-with-butt-pictures/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Social Media","Internet","hacks","Pinterest","Spam"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/41701/pinterest-spammed-with-butt-pictures/","name":"Hackers Flood Pinterest With Pictures Of Butts"}}]}] ```