It must be a day of huge unrest for Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir who just got his email and Twitter account hacked. An Anonymous hacker was able to get into his email and Twitter account at the same time. Screenshots of some highly sensitive information was shared on his Twitter account by the hacker.
Hamid Mir, the moderator of Geo News’ most famous political talks show, Capital Talk, has more than 1.6 million followers on his verified Twitter account.
The first Tweet was published by the hacker at around 8PM PST on Tuesday.
According to my sources, sushma swaraj is having secret relationship with PM Nawaz Sharif and she is here to have some fun 🙂
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirGEO) December 8, 2015
For the next 3 and half hours, the hacker posted as much as 2 dozen Tweets, some of which included screenshots of the hacked email account. The last Tweet was sent at around 11:45 PM PST. It seems from the tweet that there is a single individual behind this hack.
hahaha you think i ll just go like this? 😛 not that easy! — Hamid Mir (@HamidMirGEO) December 8, 2015
Following the hack, Hamid Mir went viral on Twitter.
Update:
Hamid Mir has finally got his account recovered with the help of Twitter Support. All Tweets made by the hacker have now been removed.
Im sorry for the trouble caused by someone who hacked this account and created inconvenience for my followers and friends
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirGEO) December 8, 2015
Twitter Support has been very helpful in getting my account back. Thank you
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirGEO) December 8, 2015