Sir Ian Botham’s Twitter account hacked; hacker tweets a NSFW image on Bothams timeline

Sir Ian Botham, the cricketing legend had a shock of a lifetime today when his followers informed him about a NSFW image posted on his Twitter account.  The hacker managed to post a image which can be seen here on Graham Cluleys website(edited version). 

Sir Ian Botham's Twitter account hacked; hacker tweets a NSFW image on Bothams timeline
Other than that there was no damage caused and the account has since been restored.  The effect of the hacking has caused Sir Ian Botham to be among the top Twitter trends  in the United Kingdom
Sir Ian Botham's Twitter account hacked; hacker tweets a NSFW image on Bothams timeline
In addition, Botham himself tweeted to have received around 700 hits in 25 minutes.

I would like to thank the hacker….I’ve just got 500 hits in 20mins !!
— Ian Botham (@BeefyBotham) August 18, 2014

Make that 700 in 25 mins !!!
— Ian Botham (@BeefyBotham) August 18, 2014

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