Peel Regional Police Twitter account hacked

The Twitter account for Peel Regional Police was back up Wednesday after it was hacked Monday night.

Insp. Dan Richardson tweeted around 9p.m. Monday that the force's main account had been hacked.

Richardson tweeted about an hour later that police had "regainedcontrol" of the account and would be reactivating it.

The force said the accounthad to be temporarily shut down.

Photos posted online showed the account tweeting profanities andracial slurs on Monday night before it was suspended.

The policeservice "incorporated the former police services of Mississauga, Port Credit, Streetsville, Brampton, and Chinguacousy," the force's website states.

The Twitter account was back online Wednesday morning, but the most recent tweets were from May 30.