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Nirmala Sitharaman's official Twitter handle briefly hacked

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's official Twitter handle was briefly hacked today.

A tweet promoting a product was posted on her official Twitter handle - @CimGOI.

Few of her followers alerted the minister about the tweet.

"Thanks for alerting on the possible hacking...We are having it looked into. Thanks again," the minister said in her tweet.

The promotional tweet was later taken down.

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First Published: Nov 11 2015 | 8:32 PM IST

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