London: Former England cricketer Ian Botham has been flying high on social networking site Twitter today after a lewd photo was posted from his account. The photo left nothing to the imagination.
While the tweet was deleted, it read (rather cheekily), “What are you thinking”.
Ian Botham later tweeted his account was hacked. But Botham did not stop there and thanked the hacker for increasing his number of followers on Twitter.
I would like to thank the hacker....I've just got 500 hits in 20mins !!
— Ian Botham (@BeefyBotham) August 18, 2014Make that 700 in 25 mins !!!
— Ian Botham (@BeefyBotham) August 18, 2014While the tweet was deleted and Botham issued a clarification of sorts, reactions on the social media seemed unstoppable.
Was going to have a full English with a couple of Lincolnshire sausages for breakfast. Just seen twitter and changed my mind…
— Jonathan Agnew (@Aggerscricket) August 18, 2014I nominate Ian Botham for the ice bucket challenge.
— SimonNRicketts (@SimonNRicketts) August 18, 2014'Oh why's Ian Botham trending?' ...Things you wished you'd never asked.
— Rachel J Lewis (@Rachel_J_Lewis) August 18, 2014The main question about Ian Botham being hacked is how the hacker managed to convince him to pose like that while he took a picture.
— Chris Brosnahan (@ChrisBrosnahan) August 18, 2014If you've not had your breakfast yet, whatever you do, DO NOT click on the Ian Botham trend.
— Coral (@Coral) August 18, 2014Amazing how many hackers care more about posting pictures of genitals rather than stealing sensitive personal information. Hmmmm.
— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) August 18, 2014
