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Mon, Feb 18 2013 11:43:59
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Burger King's Twitter Feed Gets Hacked

  1. The first tweet, sent at just a little past 12 p.m. E.T., said the fast-food company had been sold to McDonald's.
  2. Burger King_justsold
    ElanaZak
    ·
    Sun, Feb 17 2013 16:00:00
  3. Burger King's Twitter picture was changed to a McDonald's logo while the background picture was changed to McDonald's new item, Fish McBites.
  4. Main Burger King page
    ElanaZak
    ·
    Sun, Feb 17 2013 16:00:00
  5. The publicity of the hack gained Burger King more than 20,000 followers. The hackers sent out this tweet when it hit more than 100,000 followers. 
  6. Followers
    ElanaZak
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    Sun, Feb 17 2013 16:00:00
  7. McDonald's took to Twitter to respond to the Burger King hack.
  8. McDonalds
    McDonald's@McDonalds
    We empathize with our @BurgerKing counterparts. Rest assured, we had nothing to do with the hacking.
    Mon, Feb 18 2013 10:43:25
  9. Wendy's responded to Mashable reporter Alex Fitzpatrick's tweet, humorously noting they had nothing to do with the hack.
  10. AlexJamesFitz
    Alex Fitzpatrick@AlexJamesFitz
    All eyes on you now, @Wendys.
    Mon, Feb 18 2013 10:47:09
  11. Wendys
    Wendy's@Wendys
    @AlexJamesFitz We have an alibi.
    Mon, Feb 18 2013 10:47:32
  12. The term "Burger King" started trending on Twitter. Many people, including the hacking group Anonymous, weighed in.
  13. YourAnonNews
    Anonymous@YourAnonNews
    We're guessing the @BurgerKing social media team is having a bad day...
    Mon, Feb 18 2013 09:47:49
  14. HeyVeronica
    Veronica De Souza@HeyVeronica
    "Take the day off, they said. Nothing will happen, they said" Burger King's CM right now
    Mon, Feb 18 2013 09:28:04
  15. patrick_kane_
    Patrick@patrick_kane_
    might go for a Burger King. y'know, to show support at a difficult time.
    Mon, Feb 18 2013 11:12:28

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