Burger King Twitter Account Hacked

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by Caryn Little

Story Created: Feb 18, 2013 at 2:55 PM EDT

Story Updated: Feb 18, 2013 at 2:55 PM EDT

MIAMI, F.L. (AP)--Burger King's Twitter account was hacked Monday afternoon.

Starting just after noon Eastern time, the fast-food company's Twitter picture was changed to a McDonald's logo, and the account tweeted that it had been sold to rival McDonald's.

Within the next hour, some posts from the account had contained racial epithets, references to drug use and obscenities. The account also tweeted: "if I catch you at a wendys, we're fightin!"

Burger King Worldwide Inc., which is based in Miami, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

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