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Jack Dorsey's 'hacked' account posts offensive tweets, firm says probe on

More than 15 tweets, many containing swear words and racist comments, were posted shortly before 4 p.m. New York time

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Photo: Bloomberg

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Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey’s account sent out a stream of offensive tweets on Friday in what the company said was a hack.
 
More than 15 tweets, many containing swear words and racist comments, were posted shortly before 4 p.m. New York time. The company started deleting the tweets from Dorsey’s verified Twitter account, which has more than 4 million followers, about 20 minutes after the messages went viral.
 
“Yes, Jack’s account was compromised,” Twitter spokesman Brandon Borrman wrote in a tweet. “We’re working on it and investigating what happened.” The company later said there was “no indication

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