Ratan Tata's Twitter account hacked; restored

Chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan Tata’s Twitter account was hacked yesterday. Tata had tweeted on Saturday evening informing of the hacking, "Shocked my a/c was hacked yesterday & spurious twesent with malicious intent. Tweet deleted, a/c restored."

Shocked my a/c was hacked yesterday & spurious tweet sent with malicious intent.Tweet deleted, a/c restored. C link. pic.twitter.com/L0HKIy4nHC

— Ratan N. Tata (@RNTata2000) September 10, 2016

The post mentioned a link that said: "Shocked that my Twitter account was hacked yesterday and a spurious malicious tweet was wrongly attributed to me. This spurious tweet has now been deleted any my Twitter account restored. I regret the inconvenience that this malicious and wrongful action may have caused."

Mr Tata who is seldom onboard twitter despite having 6.13 mn followers, has so far tweeted 119 times, the latest being on Saturday evening following restoration of his account.