MTV’s Twitter Hacking Prank Misfires

Burger King got things rolling. Then it was Jeep. Hackers made merry on the Twitter pages of the leading brands, sending out weird messages and changing the design and layout of the profile. They also used the platform to spread rumors. Well apparently the hacking worked out well for Burger King. They now have 30,000 more followers on their Twitter page than before it was hacked. The latest to join the hacked brigade was MTV. Their Twitter page was hacked by……. MTV! Believe it or not, the music channel decided to pull a prank on its followers and the Twitterati in general. The hack was evident as several strange and outrageous tweets were made from their account, some quite notorious in nature. Well, it was later revealed that it was all a major prank by MTV itself to have a little fun. The celebs offended by the messages they saw posted about them on MTV’s Twitter feed would not see the fun in that for sure. In the end, it turned out to be a major publicity stunt. Clearly, Microsoft was impressed by the fact that Burger King gained 30,000 followers after being hacked and thought they would try the [...]

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