Prank hacking would fit with the monetization when combined with statements of "who would be dumb enough" that underestimates stupidity like the whole charge your iPhone in the microwave or Soupy Sales' "send in all of the green paper in your parents wallets" not thinking people would actually do it. Plenty of precedent but easy to see why they would feel no responsibility for anyone mindbogglingly stupid enough to do so.

I guess he gets a hard lesson on how dumb people are on Twitter