Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was hacked to send out racist tweets with the n-word and phrases like ‘Hitler is innocent’

  • Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account (@Jack) was hacked on Friday afternoon.
  • The compromised account identified the source of the hack as a group known as the Chuckling Squad, and posted multiple offensive messages starting at 3:44 p.m ET, including racial slurs directed at African Americans.
  • It took Twitter about 15 minutes to respond to the hack, during which more than a dozen tweets and re-tweets were sent.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account was apparently hacked by a group called the Chuckling Squad on Friday afternoon.

The hacker posted a series of offensive messages from Dorsey’s including racial slurs and anti-Semitism.

Read the article by Kevin Webb  in Business Insider Australia.