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The NFL is dealing with a breach that saw the Twitter accounts for nearly half of the league's teams get hacked, with less than a week to go until Super Bowl LIV

Among the teams affected by the breach, which took place over several hours Monday, were the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, who are playing in the Super Bowl this weekend.The NFL said Tuesday it had managed to secure all league and club accounts.

— Dov Kleiman January 27, 2020 Most of the accounts tweeted out this message along with contact information:"Hi, we're back . We are here to show people that everything is hackable."The hacker group OurMine took responsibility for the attack. OurMine previously targeted HBO, The New York Times and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, among other notable figures and organizations.

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