Burger King's Twitter Account Suffers a McHack Attack

Posted 02/18/2013 at 12:07pm | by Paul Lilly

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Hackers changed Burger King's Twitter account to look like McDonalds.

Perhaps, as one Twitter user commented, "Whopper123" isn't a secure password. Whatever password Burger King was using to lock down its Twitter account, hackers figured it out and promptly got to work with a McDonalds themed makeover. The cyber pranksters changed Burger King's Twitter handle and avatar, and posted a series of fake tweets, one of which claimed the fast food joint had been sold to McDonalds.

"We just got sold to McDonalds! Look for McDonalds in a hood near you," a hacked tweet stated.

No such sale has taken place, though for a solid 30 minutes, the hacked account tweeted out messages, photos, and videos making fun of Burger King. One of them showed a young man injecting a syringe into his arm.

Ronald McDonald and his boisterous gang deny involvement.

"We empathize with our @BurgerKing counterparts. Rest assured, we had nothing to do with the hacking," McDonalds stated in a Twitter post of its own.

Burger King had nearly 83,000 followers at the time it was hacked. The verified account has since been suspended.

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