Hackers post derogatory tweet against Sushma Swaraj from Pak journalist's account

Islamabad: The twitter account of well known Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir was hacked on Tuesday 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.