NI Secretary apologises after Twitter account hacked
A series of offensive tweets were sent from his account
The Twitter account of Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has been hacked days after the Twitter profile of another Cabinet minister was altered.
On Monday morning, Mr Heaton-Harris's account posted a spate of tweets, suggesting security had been compromised.
The tweets included homophobic and racist content.
The Northern Ireland Secretary deleted the tweets and wrote on his account, "My Twitter account was hacked this morning, messages not posted by me have been deleted."
However, the tweet disappeared shortly afterwards and his account posted a string of further tweets, which suggested security had once again been compromised.
Eventually, the Northern Ireland Secretary appeared to get hold of his account, as the posts were deleted and he apologised in a new tweet.
He said, "I'm afraid my Twitter account was hacked overnight and someone posted some deeply unpleasant stuff on my account for which I can only apologise."
Ms Heaton-Harris's account being exposed comes just over a week after Education Secretary Gillian Keegan's account fell victim to hackers.