Facebook's Twitter account was hijacked by the same group that hacked a bunch of NFL accounts (TWTR, FB)

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• Facebook's Twitter account was briefly hijacked by the hacking collective OurMine on Friday afternoon.
• A back-and-forth tussle for control between the hacking collective and Facebook resulted in a series of rapidly posted-then-deleted tweets.
• OurMine has a history of hacking the social media accounts of high-profile individuals, teams and companies: it hacked the Twitter accounts of 15 NFL teams at the end of January. 
• Twitter confirmed the hack to Business Insider, and said the accounts were hacked through a third-party platform.
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Facebook's Twitter account was briefly hijacked by the hacking collective OurMine on Friday afternoon, but the company still appeared to retain some control over the account. 

"Hi, we are O u r M i n e. Well, even Facebook is hackable but at least their security better than Twitter. to improve your accounts security Contact us: contact@o u r m i n e .org For security services visit: o u r m i n e. org," a Friday afternoon tweet announcing the takeover said. 

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