The Twitter feed you can always count on for pancakes and other delicious food porn went rogue over the weekend.
The official IHOP Twitter account strayed from breakfast pictures and began sharing anti-Hillary Clinton tweets. The following retweet, which mocks Clinton and her supporters for running a “garbage campaign,” was screenshotted by many users.
IHOP immediately cleaned up their account, providing no explanation. Concerned the chain was taking a political stance, followers started asking questions. Some even called for a boycott.
https://twitter.com/wokieleaks1/status/820686057792532483
@IHOP Because of your disgusting retweet, I plan on going to @DennysDiner. Shame on you. #Boycott
— SouthernMom 🇺🇸🇮🇱🎗️✡️ (@MauraLeeLang) January 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/wheresmyTitogon/status/820702088460193793
After an influx of inquiring tweets from followers, IHOP announced an investigation revealed the account was hacked.
After investigation, we have confirmed that our account was hacked this morning. We appreciate our fans bringing this to our attention.
— IHOP (@IHOP) January 15, 2017
But users are not buying it. Many are pointing to the fact that only one off-brand message was shared.
Hackers compromised the @IHOP Twitter account in order to retweet one single tweet… Seems legit. https://t.co/ysbXEc1WAl
— this place is hell (@OkayWordsByJoel) January 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/modd25/status/820724132832743432
Even the user whose account was retweeted is mocking the incident.
https://twitter.com/poojaslays/status/821022111208796164
