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Title: Burger King takes down Twitter account after hack attack
Post by: riky on February 19, 2013, 09:00:27 AM
Burger King takes down Twitter account after hack attack

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/burger-king-takes-down-twitter-account-hack-attack-213527713--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PATIl74v7d4lwTvZIZp0gw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-18T213640Z_2_CBRE91H1NZE00_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-BURGERKING-HACK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Burger King’s Twitter account shows hacking activity before the account was suspended by Twitter in this screen grab taken" align="left" title="Burger King’s Twitter account shows hacking activity before the account was suspended by Twitter in this screen grab taken" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hackers breached the Twitter account of fast-food chain Burger King, posting the online equivalent of graffiti and sometimes making little sense. Burger King Worldwide Inc suspended its Twitter account about an hour after it learned of the attack at 12:24 p.m. EST (5:24 p.m. British time) on Monday, company spokesman Bryson Thornton said in an email. &quot;It has come to our attention that the Twitter account of the BURGER KING® brand has been hacked,&quot; the company said in a statement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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