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Disneyland social media accounts hacked with racist, offensive posts

- By Brady MacDonald bmacdonald@scng.com

A self-described “super hacker” posted nonsensica­l rants filled with racist and offensive language Thursday on the official Disneyland Instagram and Facebook accounts.

Disneyland confirmed the Anaheim theme park's Instagram and Facebook accounts were hacked and an investigat­ion into the internet breach is underway, according to a Disneyland official.

“Disneyland Resort's Facebook and Instagram accounts were compromise­d early this morning,” according to a Disneyland official. “We worked quickly to remove the reprehensi­ble content, secure our accounts and our security teams are conducting an investigat­ion.”

The hacked posts visible to Disneyland's 8.4 million Instagram followers and 16.6 million Facebook followers have been removed from the park's official social media accounts.

The self-proclaimed “super hacker” identified himself as David Do and posted a series of selfies with the offensive posts.

The first hacked post went live at 3:50 a.m. PDT with a caption that referenced a “super hacker that is here to bring revenge upon Disneyland,” according to Newsweek.

The hacker made four posts and two story updates to the Disneyland Instagram account before they were removed, Newsweek reported.

The hacker's posts used racial epithets and four-letter curse words on the otherwise family-friendly Disneyland social media accounts, according to WDW News Today.

WDWNT initially posted images of the racist and vulgar rants, but later cropped the screen grab images to eliminate the offensive text portion of the posts.

The hacker did not make any public demands for money or other compensati­on, according to WDWNT.

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