Real Madrid's Twitter Hacked, Announces Fake Lionel Messi Transfer

Real Madrid were left embarrassed when the club's official Twitter account was hacked on Saturday, leading to a bizarre announcement that Los Blancos had signed Lionel Messi from bitter rivals Barcelona, per Goal's Sacha Pisani.

Pisani detailed how a message welcoming Messi to Real was posted on the club's Facebook and Twitter accounts. There was even a highlights video of Messi scoring against Los Blancos at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium last season.

Responsibility for this cyber attack was soon claimed by a group under the name OurMine, which tweeted this admission, per Pisani: "OurMine Team here, Internet security is s--t, and we proved that. Ourmine.org for more security *Not Only FC Barcelona*"

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As the statement shows, Messi's actual club, Barcelona, were among past victims of the group. The Camp Nou club recently appeared to announce the signing of Messi's fellow Argentina international Angel Di Maria from Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain, after similarly having their Twitter and Facebook pages corrupted, according to Callum Davisof the Daily Telegraph.

As Davis pointed out, OurMine has previously taken credit for hacking entertainment companies such as Netflix and HBO. Now the group has set its sights on football and has begun by targeting the two biggest and most recognisable clubs in Europe.