As of Monday evening, Janja da Silva, the Brazilian president's wife, launched a tweet in all caps in which she advocated that the next head of state in 2026 be the most experienced justice of the Supreme Court – which he referred to by nickname: Xandão – it became clear that something strange was happening. The Moraes with devilish speed. Janja, 57, is followed by more than two million Twitter users. Police have launched an investigation and searched several addresses of the suspects, whose identities have not been revealed. There are no arrests and if there is information, it is not public.
That same night, a minister confirmed that the account had been hacked. The hack was reported to both the federal police and Elon Musk's company. Within an hour, the aggressive tweets and all other content on the account disappeared. And so it goes on, empty, with nothing more than the photo of Ms Da Silva. Although her name is Rosangela Silva, she always prefers her nickname Janja, and that is how she is known in her homeland.
Both the victim and the president described the raid on the account as “Women are the main victims of virtual crimes and we cannot tolerate any more incidents of this kind against women. Those involved will face the full force of the law,” Lula tweeted in a message of solidarity with the woman he married on the eve of the last election. It was the third marriage for the president, who was twice widowed.
Janja's X-profile during the hack.
Brazil is one of the countries where citizens spend the most time surfing the Internet. And sudden, coordinated and often stimulated attacks from Bolsonaro's orbit are commonplace. His favorite victims are politically active women, often on the left. But the right-wingers are not spared either.
The first lady, who presents herself on social media as Janja Lula da Silva, a sociologist with a master's degree in sustainability, a member of the Workers' Party since 1983 and “married to a certain Pernambucan”, is a leading political figure and an active tweeter , who thinks the same about current events, who takes photos with artists or shows a family picture. Although she holds no formal office, she is a constant presence at her husband's side and often appears at government events alongside Lula government ministers. He represents political views and expresses them, be it in networks or in speeches.
The day after the attack, Da Silva referred to it in a message on her Instagram account, where she has 2.3 million followers, twice as many as X: “I am already used to attacks on the Internet, no matter how sad it is, to get used to it.” to something so absurd. But the reality is that it is a very powerful space to do good and evil.” The First Lady recalled in her message that such virtual attacks are common and sometimes lead to physical attacks, femicides or suicides. The sociologist added that in addition to punishing the guilty, “it is necessary to combat hatred, intolerance and misogyny.”
Last month, in an interview, Lula's wife Globo recounted the numerous attacks she faced online and how she responded to them: “I had a conversation with a Google director about female entrepreneurship. And I said, “Did you know that if you type “Janja prostitute” into Google, a lot of fake news comes up? They remained unanswered because that's how they make money. Big Tech is responsible for a lot of digital violence. I've already reported it. I have three lawsuits in court.”
While her X account is still blocked because it is a crime scene, she continues to chat with Internet users on Instagram.
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