Twitter says Facebook, Messenger accounts hacked

Twitter confirmed on Friday that the official Twitter accounts of social media giant Facebook and its Messenger platform were hacked.

A Twitter spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the accounts were hacked through a third-party platform.

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“As soon as we were made aware of the issue, we locked the compromised accounts and are working closely with our partners at Facebook to restore them,” said the Twitter spokesperson.

Separately, Facebook also confirmed that some of its official social

media accounts were hacked on Friday.

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“Some of our corporate social accounts were briefly hacked but we have secured and restored access,” said Joe Osborne Facebook spokesman.

The account of Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey was hacked in August, allowing an unauthorised person to send public tweets including racial slurs and curse words to his 4 million followers before Twitter secured the account.