# Burger King, McDonald’s and Trump old X posts hijacked with offensive links

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/burger-king-mcdonalds-and-trump-old-x-posts-hijacked-with-offensive-links/
- Published: 2026-11-15T17:05:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T17:20:27+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/15/lifestyle/corporate-social-media-hacked-in-bizarre-bitly-link-hijacking-scheme/
- Topics: Offbeat, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Old corporate X links were redirected to unrelated and offensive pages.
- The affected accounts include Burger King, McDonald’s and Trump.
- Expired Bitly links may have been acquired and repurposed.

## Summary

Old links in posts from Burger King, McDonald’s and Donald Trump’s X accounts have been altered to redirect to unrelated websites, including pages about Nazi concentration camps and the 9/11 attacks. The apparent hijacking highlights how expired shortened links can be reused, creating reputational risks for organisations whose social media archives remain online.

The article says an unknown party appears to have taken over expired Bitly links and changed their destinations, though the method is unclear. One Burger King post was redirected to a concentration-camp page and another to Adolf Hitler’s biography; a McDonald’s post linked to the 9/11 attacks. Around 20 of Trump’s old posts reportedly had changed links, including redirects to “Baby Fortnite” and Mario and Luigi videos. Burger King said one altered post had been removed, and the article reports that some affected posts were later deleted.

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