Twitter CEO account Hacked, Racial Tweets Posted
Social media tweeting platform Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey account has been "compromised" after a series of erratic and offensive messages were posted.
The tweets containing racial slurs and suggestions about a bomb showed up around 20:00 GMT on the @jack account of the founder of the short messaging service before being deleted.
Some of the tweets contained the hashtag #ChucklingSquad which was believed to indicate the identity of the hacker group.
The messages contained racial epithets, and included a retweet of a message supporting Nazi Germany.
"We're aware that @jack was compromised and investigating what happened," a Twitter spokesperson said.
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