article_snippet.sent: Staff at Scooter's Coffee, in Omaha, were locked out of its Facebook page for almost 24 hours, starting at 5pm on Sunday, by an 'unknown third party' who then took control of the picture feed.
article_snippet.sent: Scooter's Coffee, Omaha, issued this apology to customers on this apology after this apology was hijacked by hackers for 24 hours who used this apology to post pornography .
article_snippet.sent: Scooter's said that the images which appeared on their Facebook page were similar to the images that were posted on Crayola's page when their were hacked in January (pictured) From 5pm Sunday until almost the same time the next day, followers of the Scooter's Facebook page were sent links such as this one, instead of the regular images of smoothies and cookies .
article_snippet.sent: Jamie Hamburg, spokesman for Facebook, said: 'At approximately 5pm CST on Sunday, 29 March, the Scooter's Coffee Facebook page was hacked by an unknown third party. '
article_snippet.sent: Scooter's Coffee would like to apologize to our loyal Facebook audience and anyone that has been affected by this inappropriate content.'
article_snippet.sent: the hacker then kicked the member of staff out of the Scooter's Coffee Facebook page, locked the hacker, and began posting.
article_snippet.sent: Scooter's Coffee said that, despite repeated attempts to contact Facbook, and hundreds of reports being sent about inappropriate content, nobody at the social media network responded.
article_snippet.sent: It was only by contacting larger businesses that larger businesses were able to get in touch with Facebook, who removed the content and restored the Scooter's Coffee Facebook page nearly 24 hours later.
article_snippet.sent: All of the images have now been removed, and Scooter's have offered apologies to thier customers via thier customers Facebook and Twitter pages .
article_snippet.sent: Hackers were then able to gather enough data to allow Hackers to take control of the Scooter's Coffee Facebook page .
article_snippet.sent: Crayon manufacturer Crayola was caught out by a similar breach in January, when hackers took control of the Scooter's Coffee Facebook page to post pictures of cartoon breasts, and links to adult websites.
article_snippet.sent: the Scooter's Coffee Facebook page was hijacked for around an hour, during which 'objectionable and offensive content', similar to that in Crayon manufacturer Crayola and Scooter's hacks, was published.
highlights_snippet.sent: Staff were locked out of Scooter's Coffee page starting at 5pm on Sunday .
  