Apple’s voice-controlled personal assistant Siri was briefly telling iPhone users on Saturday evening that Israel's Reuvin Rivlin "is the President of the Zionist occupation state."

Social media users quickly posted the unexpected response online, questioning whether Apple had been hacked. However, Israel's i24 News later reported that the glitch was due to someone changing Rivlin's Wikipedia page. As Siri's responses rely on publicly available information online, Wikipedia is often a primary source for the personal assistant's answers to users.

According to i24, the error was on Wikipedia's page for "several minutes" and the change had been made by a user going by "Arab Man." The online troll also changed Rivlin's Wikipedia article to describe him as "the main child of Israel."

Rivlin currently serves as the 10th president of Israel. He came to office in 2014, and previously served as the speaker of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset.

Enemies of Israel, such as Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, often refer to the country as the "Zionist occupation state," using the term to undermine its legitimacy.