Twitter account hacked, says Vijay Mallya

"My account has been hacked by some one called Legion who are Tweeting now in my name. Simply ignore. Will fix this.

Outfit called Legion has hacked my e-mail accounts and are blackmailing me!! What a joke," Mallya tweeted earlier this morning.

The hacker, called 'Legion', has threatened to expose more financial details of Mallya in coming days.