Pak journalist's Twitter account hacked

Journalist Hamid Mir's Twitter handle posted controversial tweets about the visit of Sushma Swaraj to the country

The Twitter account of well known Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir was hacked today and his handle posted controversial tweets about the visit of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to the country.

The handle also tweeted pictures of his purported email account as well as banking details.

Later, Mir tweeted, "I have been receiving a lot of twitter password reset requests recently. Someone trying to hack me".

"I have changed my twitter email and recovered the password. Thank God," he tweeted.