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ABC ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Twitter hacked: Trump ‘is our lord and savior’

WASHINGTON — ABC ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’ appeared to be hacked early Thursday morning and, predictably, was plunged into nonsensical vulgarities.

Starting some time after 6 a.m., the outlet’s feed was taken over and began spouting curse-laden posts.

One in particular declared that rapper Tyler the Creator had died in a bus crash.

Others tweets that praised President Donald Trump followed.

“we are totally russian hackers, but we love @POTUS @realDonaldTrump ;)” and “trump is our lord and savior.”

ABC ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’ Twitter feed was hacked early Thursday morning. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/William Vitka)
ABC ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’ Twitter feed was hacked early Thursday morning. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/William Vitka)
ABC ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’ Twitter feed was hacked early Thursday morning. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/William Vitka)
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For the duration of the hack, the team managing ABC ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’ Twitter feed appeared to be in a frenzied battle with their opponents, deleting posts as quickly as they appeared, which prompted the hackers to respond with: “Stop deleting our – – – – BRUH we too cool for dis treatment.”

ABC ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ seemed to have regained control of their account just before 7 a.m.

In a tweeted statement, ABC ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ PR acknowledged the hack and noted that the issue was resolved quickly.

Will Vitka

William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½, he worked for CBS ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.

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