Chipotle's Twitter Got Hacked This Weekend and Pushed Out Some Very Unsavory Stuff

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There's certainly been a social media hacking spree of late. And over the weekend, Chipotle's Twitter feed fell victim to an attack by some despicable and unoriginal ne'er-do-wells.

It was only a few years ago that Chipotle staged a fake Twitter takeover that made its account look hacked, but this time it was real. And while it lasted only a few hours, it was pretty terrible. Late Saturday night into Sunday morning, the account was hijacked and slapped with a swastika avatar—and tweeted out some awful stuff.

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