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Senior journalist Barkha Dutt's twitter account hacked; ‘Legion’ claims responsibility

The hacking group posted her email address and its password on the micro-blogging site, while blowing their own trumpet saying, “Long live the legion”.

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After the twitter hacks of Congress's vice president Rahul Gandhi, fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya and the Indian National Congress. senior Journalist and consulting editor of NDTV Barkha Dutt's has become the latest victim of a cyber hack.

'Legion', the group behind the other 'High profile' attacks, claimed responsibility for the incident.

The group posted her email address and its password on the micro-blogging site, while blowing their own trumpet saying, “Long live the legion”.

Except for the above screen shot of one of the tweets, the others that had offensive language were removed.

More details awaited.

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