Hackers delete Lithuanian defense minister's personal Facebook account

Unknown persons have hacked into Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis' personal Facebook account and deleted it, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

The minister himself noticed on Monday night that his account had been hacked.

"We have no doubt that this is a deliberate and malicious act," his spokesman Vita Ramanauskaite said in a press release.

Karoblis has reported the incident to Facebook administrators and plans to turn to police on Tuesday.