<p>BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state broadcaster CCTV News said on Tuesday one of its Twitter accounts had been hacked, and deleted a tweet claiming the country's president had set up a special unit to probe corruption accusations against a former domestic security chief.</p><p>The tweet on Monday evening appeared to refer to an article in Hong Kong's South China Morning Post newspaper.</p><p>"The CCTV News Twitter account was targeted on October 21 and used illegally to post incorrect information copied from other sources," CCTV said through its English-language Twitter account. "The unauthorized information was deleted."</p><p>CCTV spokeswoman Zhang Xiaojian confirmed that one of the broadcaster's Twitter accounts was hacked, but did not elaborate.</p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/22/net-us-china-cctv-hacking-idUSBRE99L05420131022">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-broadcaster-says-twitter-account-hacked/1774330.html">Chinese Broadcaster Claims Twitter Account Hacked</a> (Voice of America)</p><p><a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1337075/cctv-blames-targeting-twitter-account-zhou-yongkang-post">CCTV blames &#039;targeting&#039; of Twitter account for Zhou Yongkang post</a> (South China Morning Post)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dYaNHXLBFZkfwfMwmeCgGn_Mt8bRM&ned=us">27 additional articles.</a></p>