Madrid Aug 27 (IANS) The official Twitter account of Real Madrid was hacked by OurMine to announce the signing of the capital football club s eternal rival FC Barcelona s star Lionel Messi according to reports.
The post which was accompanied by a video of Messi scoring for Barcelona against Real Madrid was put up on Real s Twitter account and said: "Benvingut Messi! B!Bienvenido Messi! Welcome Messi! Bienvenue Messi! £Messi " as reported by the Independent on Saturday.
The Messi signing post had more than 2 800 likes and 3 100 retweets. The tweet remained public for around 90 minutes before they disappeared from the club s Spanish and English language feeds.
The incident occured after the same group of hackers took charge of Barcelona s account and announced the signing of Paris Saint-Germain winger Angel Di Maria.
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