The New York Times' Arts Beat Twitter feed was hijacked last night. Granted access to the feed's 2,500 followers, what message did the interloper choose to send? "Pooping." Right on.

We asked the Times' cultural news editor Sam Sifton if he knew who was tweeting last night. But he said, "We're still trying to figure out what happened. The messages aren't ours. I can ping you later if we find out anything of interest." We'll let you know if he does.

Somewhere around midnight last night, the Arts Beat feed alerted its readers to the fact that at least one of its writers was using the bathroom.

That message was quickly followed up with "Find my baclberry a stranger has found me please call," which would seem to indicate that a Times staffer whose Blackberry was set up to control the Arts Beat Twitter feed had misplaced his or her phone (in the bathroom, maybe?).

Finally, "Alright call me to find me," which seems to have resolved the issue and resulted in the owner getting his or her Blackberry back, because the Arts Beat Twitter resumed its normal non-pooping activity this morning.