New York Times columnist Paul Krugman tweeted on Wednesday that someone is using his IP address - a numerical label assigned to each device on the internet - to download child pornography. He suggested that while he may be a random target, it "could be an attempt to Qanon me."

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

It seems Mr. Krugman has mysteriously deleted the tweet above, but luckily - in case he forgot he tweeted it, or was hacked (again) - we kept a copy for posterity:

Update: Krugman later tweeted "The Times is now on the case."

Or is Krugman doing what I’ve seen many perps do?



Getting in front of a criminal problem and trying to deflect, because this makes no sense.



No one normal would tweet this. They’d call law enforcement and handle quietly. https://t.co/9KBBY52gIW — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) January 8, 2020

Needless to say, the internet (which Paul predicted would be obsolete by now) is having fun with this:

Same Energy pic.twitter.com/u8v843GloF — The American Sun (@NewAtlantisSun) January 8, 2020

Think Mrs. Krugman will buy it? — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 8, 2020

This is what we call an eichenwald, kids. pic.twitter.com/PlN2vhbmNW — posey (@upcuntrydegen) January 8, 2020

I was just doing some personal research to prove porn exists. pic.twitter.com/zqvbGNkY4u — New Year🎄 March for Progress (@march4progress) January 8, 2020

1998 Paul Krugman: "By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's."



2020 Paul Krugman: https://t.co/YmEm6PqaDk — Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 8, 2020