14 DAY TRIAL // One of McDonald's Twitter accounts was compromised on Thursday, resulting in the corporate account sending out a message insulting Donald Trump.
Although originally it was believed that an employee simply went rogue, it looks like Twitter notified the company that its account had been compromised. The offensive tweet was deleted, the account secured and an investigation has been launched into the matter.
"@realDonaldTrump you are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands," the tweet read.
The tweet criticized Trump and it was clear to everyone that it was not an official communication from McDonald's and that something was amiss. Regardless, that didn't stop Twitter users from showing support. It was shared hundreds of times, liked just as many times and, perhaps more importantly, it sparked quite a lot of comments.
The message, if you don't know, makes a reference to one of the most famous insults brought to Trump last year, coming from Marco Rubio, who said the President had "small hands" and a "spray tan."
Compromised accounts left and right
The compromised account was the corporate one, which has about 150,000 followers. The main McDonald's account has a much wider audience of about 3.4 million.
This isn't the first time a Twitter account has been hacked, and it certainly won't be the last one. Just the other day, hundreds of accounts were compromised after a third-party company was hacked. All accounts tweeted a pro-Erdogan message making a reference to the Turkish referendum that's going to take place next month.
It's not clear if the situation for McDonald's is the same or if their actual account was compromised by hackers. Either way, the tweet is no more at this point and the company will surely take the necessary measures to fix up the security hole.