MTV, BET pull hack stunt in apparent bid to gain Twitter followers

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http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-mtv-bet-fake-hack-twitter-followers-20130219,0,6633758.story

By Salvador Rodriguez
Los Angeles Times
February 19, 2013

In an apparent move to gain Twitter followers, sister networks MTV and BET 
pretended hackers took over their accounts.

Tuesday's publicity stunt came after Burger King and Jeep had their Twitter 
accounts hijacked by hackers who switched their profiles to show information 
for their respective rivals McDonald's and Cadillac.

MTV and BET, which are owned by Viacom, pretended the same kind of hacking was 
happening to their accounts by switching profile photos and logos. MTV became 
BET, and vice versa.

The stunt lasted for about an hour until MTV tweeted: "We totally Catfish-ed 
you guys. Thanks for playing! <3 you, @BET. ;)." That was followed by a 
tweet from BET that said: "#fakehackedswag !!! salute to @MTV for rockin this!"

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