Elon Musk says Twitter had locked his account thinking it was hacked

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk speaks during the National Governors Association Summer Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., July 15, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/Files

(Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said Twitter had locked his account thinking it had been hacked.

"Twitter thought I got hacked & locked my account haha," Musk tweeted late on Monday. https://reut.rs/2D2M1oY

The tweet did not clarify the reason or the duration for which the account was locked.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sunil Nair)