Peel police Twitter account hacked
Posted May 31, 2016 07:39:29 AM.
Last Updated May 31, 2016 09:09:03 AM.
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BRAMPTON, Ont. – A Toronto-area police force says its Twitter account was hacked Monday night and had to be temporarily shut down.
Insp. Dan Richardson of Peel Regional police tweeted around 9 p.m. that the force’s main account had been hacked.
He tweeted about an hour later that police had “regained control” of the account and would be reactivating it Tuesday.
It had not been restored as of 7 a.m.
Photos posted online showed the account tweeting profanities and racial slurs on Monday night before it was suspended.
