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<p dir="ltr">2K has apologized for what it says was a social media hack of its Facebook and Twitter brand accounts, which resulted in offensive and racist comments being posted, according to <a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-16-2k-apologises-for-racist-social-media-posts-following-hack">Eurogamer</a>.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">&#8220;Social media accounts across the 2K label were compromised early Friday evening,&#8221; 2K said in a statement. &#8220;Unfortunately, offensive material was posted that does not reflect the values of 2K or our partners. We condemn these posts and apologise to everyone offended by the content.&#8221;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Various brands of 2K&#8217;s were impacted, including the <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/23/wwe-2k20-review">WWE</a> 2K, Borderlands, and Civilization official pages.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Facebook account for WWE 2K had its profile picture changed to the logo for All Elite Wrestling, along with a banner image featuring the late wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed his son and wife before taking his own life in 2007, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/us/27wrestler.html">NYT</a>.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Here&#8217;s a screenshot of 2K&#8217;s WWE Facebook account as acquired by <a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-16-2k-apologises-for-racist-social-media-posts-following-hack">Eurogamer</a>.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">At some point during the hack, the WWE 2K account posted a message from a user identifying themself as &#8220;Nublom.&#8221;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&#8220;There&#8217;s an employee out here refreshing and removing/updating the pic every time and he can&#8217;t do anything to stop it, let that sink in ladies and gentlemen,&#8221; the post from Nublom read.</p>
<p dir="ltr">2K has since gained back control of its various social media accounts. It&#8217;s unclear if there was any greater motivation behind the hack than a simple act of trolling.</p>
<p>In other WWE 2K news, 2K released a patch earlier this month that addressed much of the <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/11/01/new-wwe-2k20-patch-fixes-warping-characters-crashes-and-more">awkward warping character glitches</a> and more in <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/wwe-2k20">WWE 2K20</a>. The game has suffered from numerous technical issues since launch, which you can read more about in <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/23/wwe-2k20-review">our review</a>.</p>
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<p><em>Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.</em></section>
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<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2019/11/16/2k-wwe-hack-twitter-facebook-social-media-racist-troll-borderlands">IGN</a></em></div>
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