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THE OFFICIAL TWITTER account for Burger King was taken over by hackers earlier today – who managed to gain over 30,000 new followers before their antics got the account suspended.
The users behind the account rebranded it with a McDonalds avatar and background, changing the bio to read: “Just got sold to McDonalds because the whopper flopped =[“.
About 50 tweets were posted by the hackers, who may have been able to maintain control of the page because today is a national holiday – President’s Day – in the United States, meaning most corporate buildings are closed.
Having been taken over at about 5pm Irish time, it was not until 6:15pm that the account was suspended – but the event will reap some long-term benefit for BK’s online presence, given that its number of followers swelled from just under 75,000 to just under 110,000 before the plug was pulled.
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I see that ikea has cleverly hacked into the journals news feed (on the app anyways)
The ads are totally intrusive now. On the verge of dumping the journal & going with breaking news.
Who’s been Housing around with the burgers again:-)
I love burgers
Sure looks that way
What’s the story will all the ads of late on the journal ? Have they hired a new marketing person that has enabled ‘p*ss the user off mode” ? If you know anything about UI design you will understand that the new ads being delivered to us are wrong and not doing any favours to the brands associating themselves with the journal. Make money yes, but do it in style and don’t p*ss us off in the making. Lots of love as always from the failed marketeer :-)
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It was obviously the Hamburgler
McHacked ?
I have a radio in my car
Whoever is responsible for this is WHOPPER! (No pun intended!)
Not lovin’ that, Ciaran.
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