Chipotle
Mexican Grill Inc’s Twitter account was hacked overnight for about two
hours, during which a series of offensive tweets were posted to the
account, the company said on Sunday.
Hackers
replaced Chipotle’s avatar with a swastika and tweeted a number of
racial slurs and profanities, including ones directed at President
Barack Obama and various U.S. government agencies.
“We
apologize for the nature of the posts that were made during that time,
and we are now conducting an investigation to try to determine what
happened and who might have been involved,” Chris Arnold, a company
spokesman, wrote in an e-mailed statement.
The
Denver-based burrito chain took down the offensive tweets and has
posted a message on its Twitter feed apologizing for “the very offensive
messages.”
Posted by : Gizmeon
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