McDonald's apologized after it briefly posted on Twitter a blast criticizing President Donald Trump, which the company blamed on a hack from an external source.
近日，在发布了一条“怒骂美国总统唐纳德·特朗普”的推文之后，麦当劳方面正式作出道歉，并表示这是账号被外部人员入侵导致的。
The quickly deleted tweet offered an uncharitable appraisal of Trump, saying, "You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have Barack Obama back, also you have tiny hands."
这则被迅速删除的推文对特朗普进行了无情的抨击，推文是这样写的：“特朗普你真是个恶心的总统，我们希望贝拉克·奥巴马回来。还有，你的手真小。”
The tweet was removed mid-morning last Thursday soon after being posted to one of McDonald's official Twitter feeds -- but not before being retweeted more than a thousand times and garnering plenty of attention in political and media circles.
该推文于上周四上午发布在麦当劳的一个官方推特帐号上，随后迅速被删除--但是已经被转发了1000多次，引起了政坛和媒体圈的大量关注。
"Based on our investigation, we have determined that our Twitter account was hacked by an external source," said McDonald's spokeswoman Terri Hickey in a statement.
麦当劳的女发言人特里·希基发表声明称：“据调查，我们确定是'推特'账号被外人攻破了。”
"We took swift action to secure it, and we apologize this tweet was sent through our corporate McDonald's account."
“我们已迅速实施了保护措施，而且为这条通过麦当劳官方帐号发布的推文道歉。”
Hacking has been a persistent problem in recent years with the growing influence of Twitter and other social media sites.
近年来，随着推特和其他社交媒体网站的影响力越来越大，黑客攻击就一直是个持续的难题。
In April 2013, a hack of the Associated Press resulted in an erroneous post that the White House had been attacked, briefly sending US stocks markets down in a panic.
2013年4月，美联社账户遭黑客入侵并发布白宫遇袭的假消息，一度引发美国证券市场在恐慌中下跌。