McDonald’s hacked: tweet calls for Obama's return and denigrates ‘tiny hands’ Trump
Fast food chain McDonald’s briefly lost control of one of its Twitter accounts, it was noticed after a single tweet was sent dubbing president Donald Trump a "disgusting excuse of a President".
McDonald's Trump tweet
On Thursday afternoon, the @McDonaldsCorp tweeted the pictured screenshotted tweet, it reads: “@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands.”
The communication was pinned and quickly deleted.
McDonald’s issued a tweet claiming the account was “compromised”.
Twitter notified us that our account was compromised. We deleted the tweet, secured our account and are now investigating this.
— McDonald's (@McDonaldsCorp) March 16, 2017
Social media analysis company Synthesio, revealed that the tweet birthed hashtags including #McDonalds, #Trump, #BoycottMcDonalds, #Hacked and #MAGA with 58% of all posts are coming from men.