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Burger King Twitter account hacked by a McDonald’s fan

Burger King’s Twitter account was hacked by a McDonald’s fan.

Burger King’s Twitter page, which has more than 89,000 followers, has been changed to feature their rival’s food and even their logo and Twitter name have been changed, appearing as McDonalds @BurgerKing.

The first sign of trouble was a post made from the official Burger King account stating: “We just got sold to McDonalds! Look for McDonalds in a hood near you.”

The Burger King Twitter account has been suspended after several posts, some racist and offensive, were made by the McDonald’s fan over several hours.

From the Burger King account, the hacker promoted McDonald’s food, posting: “Try our new BK (sm) Bath Salt! 99% Pure MDPV! Buy a Big Mac, get a gram free!”

Since then there has been a string of Tweets from several Twitter users as news of the hack went viral with many tweeting and re-tweeting posts from the hacker.

Burger King’s Twitter account was hacked by a McDonald’s fan

A Burger King spokesperson said: “It has come to our attention that the Twitter account of BURGER KING® brand has been hacked.

“We have worked directly with administrators to suspend the account until we are able to re-establish our legitimate site and authentic postings.

“We apologize to our followers who have been receiving erroneous tweets about other members of our industry and additional inappropriate topics.”

McDonald’s denied any involvement in the hacking, posting on their Twitter page at 6.45p.m.: “We empathize with our @BurgerKing counterparts. Rest assured, we had nothing to do with the hacking.”

Twitter and Burger King are yet to make any official statements about the incident.

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