Overnight, the cryptic message was posted to the Facebook fan page in the name of the 26-year old billionaire founder.
It called for the site to become a "social business" with investment from its users.
The message led to speculation that the the site had been hacked or Mr Zuckerberg's account was compromised.
Initially Facebook would not comment but it has since issued a statement: "A bug enabled status postings by unauthorised people on a handful of pages, The bug has been fixed," the statement read."It was a handful of public Facebook pages and no personal user accounts were affected," it added.
Take downIt called for the site to become a "social business" with investment from its users.
The message led to speculation that the the site had been hacked or Mr Zuckerberg's account was compromised.
Initially Facebook would not comment but it has since issued a statement: "A bug enabled status postings by unauthorised people on a handful of pages, The bug has been fixed," the statement read."It was a handful of public Facebook pages and no personal user accounts were affected," it added.
The message, left in the name of Mr Zuckerberg, read: "Let the hacking begin: If Facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn't Facebook let its users invest in Facebook in a social way?
"Why not transform Facebook into a 'social business' the way Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus described it?"
Muhammad Yunus is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of the Grameen Bank, which offers small loans to people who have no collateral to get started in business.
The message also linked to a recently edited Wikipedia article about social business and asked readers: "what do you think?"
In addition, it linked to a page for the Hacker Cup, an annual programming event organised by Facebook. Many have interpreted this as a sign that the hacker feels they should win the competition.
"Why not transform Facebook into a 'social business' the way Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus described it?"
Muhammad Yunus is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of the Grameen Bank, which offers small loans to people who have no collateral to get started in business.
The message also linked to a recently edited Wikipedia article about social business and asked readers: "what do you think?"
In addition, it linked to a page for the Hacker Cup, an annual programming event organised by Facebook. Many have interpreted this as a sign that the hacker feels they should win the competition.
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