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This morning, the McDonald’s corporate Twitter account (@McDonaldsCorp) was hacked to publish a tweet calling Donald Trump “a disgusting excuse for a president.”
The brand has since confirmed to Adweek and via Twitter that the post—which was also briefly pinned to the top of the brand’s feed—was made by a hacker who secured access to the corporate account (which, at 151,000 followers, is far smaller in reach than McDonald’s main @McDonalds account, with 3.4 million followers).
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