By Seb Joseph

Chipotle has been forced to apologise to its fans after offensive tweets were sent from its profile by hackers.

The attack took place in the early hours of the morning (8 February) when a barrage of racist, homophobic and anti-government tweets splurged from its Twitter profile. It also saw the company logo’s replaced with a Swastika sign.

Chipotle has since removed the offensive messages and tweeted the following apology.

“We apologize for the very offensive messages sent out from our account earlier tonight. We were unfortunately hijacked temporarily. -Joe.”

Celebrity news site GossipCop was able to see the tweets before they were removed. One Read full story ›

Source: The Drum