Digital Journalism Review | Hackers target Burger King's Twitter account
Which burger giant do hackers prefer - McDonald’s or Burger King? According to the latest hacking incident – McDonald’s.
The hackers replaced the account’s profile photo with its rival’s golden arches, used Fish McBites as the header – the same as McDonald’s uses for its Twitter account.
They also revised the bio of the account, adding words with typos such as “FREDOM IS FAILURE”, and even changing the user name to “McDonalds”.
They then posted about 50 tweets and retweets, some of which were obscene or meaningless. In one tweet they said: “We just got sold to McDonalds! Look for McDonalds in a hood near you @DFNCTSC”.
Reuters reported early on Tuesday morning that Burger King locked the account about an hour after the attack, which took place at 12.34am.
“"We have worked directly with administrators to suspend the account until we are able to re-establish our legitimate site and authentic postings,” Reuters reported the company as saying.
