Hundreds of Twitter accounts were apparently hacked early Wednesday under the #Nazialmanya and #Nazihollanda hashtags.
According to Josh Butler, associate editor of Huffington Post Australia, "many hundreds" of compromised accounts – including @Forbes, @BBC America, @CBSTVStudios, @Bieber_Japan, sports teams and other verified users – tweeted a message in Turkish overnight.
The tweet, which begins with a swastika and includes a YouTube link, "says 'Nazi Germany' and 'Nazi Holland' and 'see you April 16th,'" Butler tweeted.
many hundreds of accounts hacked in this #Nazialmanya hack; it's in Turkish, says 'Nazi Germany' and 'Nazi Holland' and 'see you April 16th' pic.twitter.com/SOIsaYx1Sh
— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) March 15, 2017
Butler and other Twitter users urged people to enable two-factor authentication and not to click on the link in the tweet.
CNBC reported that hacked accounts also were "branded with the Turkish flag."
WFTV
