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Burger King Twitter Account Hacked, Rebranded as McDonald's

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    FBN's Shibani Joshi on Burger King's Twitter hack attack.

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Some breaking news for your burger king's Twitter site just hack Shibani Joshi joins us now we have new details should bombing you never know what's gonna.

Happen in social media about an hour ago I was telling you about face but getting hacked in and and it a not only it acknowledging it on Friday.

Now we're talking about Twitter and a possible hacking one -- big name.

Company's website and the Twitter site for Burger King.

The company site was up and running as of yesterday no problem you can really tell that something -- arrived back an hour ago because yesterday it treated things like.

How many -- is it taking -- eat at BK chicken nuggets or starting today for a limited time got a whopper junior for only 129.

And then about an hour ago things top -- took a slightly different turn with it one tweet coming in saying quote.

We have sold to mcdonalds even fake companies.

Description being change from Burger King USA official Twitter account we just got sold to McDonald's because a whopper flopped.

It appears at this site has been -- accompany every Jackson -- via email and out also on the phone has not gotten back to meet.

All news is good news when it comes to -- taking it in fact it bad about it at an hour ago.

The company's website -- -- Twitter site had 80000 followers now it's up to a 107000.

Followers.

We reached out to Twitter with -- Twitter coming back -- Fox Business.

Telling us that they do not comment on other web sites that are out there saying we do not comment on individual accounts for privacy and security.

-- so just going on -- the Burger King Twitter site it appears to be down.

That happened a few moments ago as well so.

Lots of stuff happening and we're open for business -- covering and -- but it's a business story obviously.

A lot of people following nests and they -- there -- have it it's down.

Site is down -- Alina continue to monitor this story just hacking cyber crimes all of this stuff such a huge role in what's happening with social media and yet again this is not yet another example.

Thank you very much -- -- and -- authorities questioning Ronald McDonald right now as we speak.

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