ABC News said its Twitter accounts were hacked Thursday after followers noticed tweets that were favorable to President Donald Trump.
The news organization confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that its”Good Morning America,” “ABC News” and “GMA Pop News” official Twitter accounts were all hacked after tweets declaring messages like “Trump is our Lord and savior” started appearing. (RELATED: Coast Guard Twitter Account Hacked, Asks People To Meet Up For Sex)
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“.@ABC News, @GMA and @GMAPopNews Twitter accounts were hacked early this morning. We’re working on resolving the problem,” the PR account for ABC News tweeted.
.@ABC News, @GMA and @GMAPopNews Twitter accounts were hacked early this morning. We’re working on resolving the problem.
— ABCNews PR (@ABCNewsPR) March 23, 2017
.@ABC News, @GMA & @GMAPopNews Twitter accounts were hacked early this morning. We resolved the issue quickly & errant tweets were deleted.
— ABCNews PR (@ABCNewsPR) March 23, 2017
Several of the tweets were captured and shared before they were deleted. Here are a few examples.
.@ABC News, @GMA & @GMAPopNews Twitter accounts were hacked early this morning. We resolved the issue quickly & errant tweets were deleted.
— ABCNews PR (@ABCNewsPR) March 23, 2017
Trump and Spicer have a new Twitter strategy? pic.twitter.com/AMJDMN4ub2
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) March 23, 2017
Someone tell this ABC News hacker he is wasting this opportunity pic.twitter.com/pJmaswZhiJ
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) March 23, 2017
Someone @ABC needs to switch off the internet pic.twitter.com/Zp4Zee8Mld
— AndrewDevine (@AndrewDevine) March 23, 2017
ABC News’ Twitter account has been hacked pic.twitter.com/Q2THzPRXND
— James Cook (@JamesLiamCook) March 23, 2017