McCain not the victim of a Christmas Eve Twitter hack

Published December 27, 2011 5:00am ET



Anyone following Sen. John McCain‘s Twitter feed over the weekend might have noticed some odd messages coming through on Christmas Eve. As The Hill reported early Saturday afternoon, tweets such as “I just got up to 663 in n #DoodleJump!!! Beat that!bxbsjbxj” appeared on the senator’s feed in reference to a smartphone game , causing some to think that the usual policy-focused account might have been hacked. But not to worry. “Inadvertent tweets – kids playing with my phone,” McCain tweeted later in the afternoon, clearing up any confusion. “Don’t let kids play with your phone,” he later added.

(h/t The Hill)