NYT Contributor Says They Downloaded Child Porn

Economist Paul Krugman took to Twitter today to announce that his IP address had been compromised and used to download child pornography.

Well, I’m on the phone with my computer security service, and as I understand it someone compromised my IP address and is using it to download child pornography. I might just be a random target. But this could be an attempt to Qanon me.



It’s an ugly world out there. — Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 8, 2020

The economist chose that opportunity to cast shade at the Qanon movement, stating that it could just be he was a random target, or that someone was out to get him. Q is arguably the most prolific right wing group to hit the internet, and has been responsible for a variety of patriot known as the anon. These anons dig up information based on clues in “Q drops,” and have gotten a few things wrong along the way. They are an easy target to blame when one gets caught doing things one shouldn’t.

Paul Krugman, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2008, was the rabidly anti Trump economist who predicted a global recession in the wake of Donald Trump’s election to office. He was recently slammed by a columnist from the left leaning publication, The Atlantic, as suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome.

His post on Twitter is highly suspicious to all who see it, though there have been instances where hackers would spoof (or fake) IP addresses to conceal their dealings. Not much else is known about this situation. New Right Network will continue to monitor the account for any light shed about this random tweet.