McDonald’s had to yank a tweet today after a hacker used the chain’s official Twitter account to call Donald Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President.”
“Also you have tiny hands,” the post asserted.
The post was reportedly pulled a few minutes later. McDonald’s acknowledged to the media that its account was hacked and said it was investigating the breach.
Twitter notified us that our account was compromised. We deleted the tweet, secured our account and are now investigating this.
— McDonald's (@McDonaldsCorp) March 16, 2017
The hijacking followed a flurry of hackings yesterday by political extremists who castigated the governments of several nations as Nazis. The victims included the web form of Starbucks Argentina, Forbes and Duke University.
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