UW-Madison back in control of its Twitter account after being badgered by hackers

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is back in control of its Twitter account after being hacked early Wednesday. 

UW-Madison staff learned of the hack as the suspicious tweets were being posted, about 6:30 a.m., according to a statement. Four suspicious tweets were posted, including two with profane language.

The cause of the hack has not been identified, but the University Communications plans to review its social media account security.

The account has about 160,000 followers.