Ford Motor Co.'s X account posted a series of anti-Israel messages on Monday, which the company claims were the result of a brief compromise. The now-deleted posts included labeling Israel a 'terrorist state' and calls to 'Free Palestine'. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and social media users immediately suspected a hack, with Ford confirming the incident and stating they are investigating. This follows a pattern of companies experiencing similar social media hijackings.
The Ford Motor Co’s account on X inexplicably posted a series of anti- Israel screeds on Monday that may or may not have been the result of a hack.
The now-deleted messages occurred on Monday and were more than just off-brand in their anti-Israel sentiment, declaring the Jewish state a “terrorist state” along with calls to “Free Palestine” and “ALL EYES ON GAZA.” Social media users did not take the messages seriously and immediately assumed that the Ford Motor Co’s X account had been hacked, including Rep. Ritchie Torres .
“Ford Motor Company must have been hacked by the Free Palestine movement,” Torres declared on Monday.“Our X account was briefly compromised and the previous three posts were not authorized or posted by Ford. We are investigating the issue,” it said. Ford is not alone as a company whose social media account was hijacked to spew less-than-savory messages. In 2018, the restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings was forced to. And it wasn’t funny. We apologize for the awful posts, which obviously did not come from us,” the company said at the time.
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