Twitter says it is investigating after the company's co-founder Jack Dorsey had his account hacked and racist tweets were posted.
A flurry of offensive messages including racial slurs were posted on Dorsey's Twitter page, which has 4.2 million followers, on Friday evening.
The offensive tweets - which included false reports of a bomb threat at Twitter HQ and messages defending Adolf Hitler - were deleted from the social media platform after about 30 minutes.
A Twitter statement said: "We're aware that @jack was compromised and [are] investigating what happened.
It added later: "The account is now secure, and there is no indication that Twitter's systems have been compromised."
Several of the messages included references to The Chuckling Squad, the apparent name of the group of hackers behind the incident.
Some Twitter users questioned how Twitter's own boss could have his account hacked, while others raised concerns that US President Donald Trump, who is a prolific tweeter, could also be targeted.
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