<p>More <keyword id="6354616" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword> accounts seem like they're being hacked. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Now, </span><keyword id="8959" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="MTV">MTV</keyword><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> and BET have fallen victim, apparently.</span></p>
<p>Or it could just be a pretty smart marketing stunt.</p>
<p>Both MTV and BET are owned by Viacom and neither of them are tweeting anything too nutty. Oh, and the MTV account is using a conveniently tame and branded hashtag #MTVhack.</p>
<p>We'll try to get to the bottom of it.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: That's right, it's a timely marketing stunt. From an MTV social media director:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Everyone watch @<a href="https://twitter.com/mtv">mtv</a> right now... <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23MTVHACK">#MTVHACK</a></p>
— Annie Schoening (@Schoprah) <a href="https://twitter.com/Schoprah/status/303958151592570881">February 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p><table class="image-container" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5123dd92eab8ea9b53000012-544-495/screen shot 2013-02-19 at 3.15.29 pm.jpg" border="0" alt="bet twitter hack" /></div><p class="source">Twitter</p></td></tr></table></p>

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MTV And BET Faked Their Own Hackings For A Marketing Stunt

More Twitter accounts seem like they're being hacked. Now, MTV and BET have fallen victim, apparently. Or it could just be a pretty smart marketing stunt. Both MTV and BET are owned by Viacom and neither of them are tweeting anything too nutty. Oh, and the MTV account is using a conveniently tame and branded hashtag #MTVhack. We'll try to get to the bottom of it. UPDATE: That's right, it's a timely marketing stunt. From an MTV social media director: Everyone watch @mtv right now... #MTVHACK — Annie Schoening (@Schoprah) February 19, 2013 Twitter Twitter

More Twitter accounts seem like they're being hacked. Now, MTV and BET have fallen victim, apparently.

MTV And BET Faked Their Own Hackings For A Marketing Stunt

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