Hours after Doug Jones defeated Roy Moore in Alabama last night, and following President Trump's 'congratulations' tweet, CNN's Anderson Cooper appeared to respond in a manner most un-becoming - calling the president a "pathetic loser"...

Social media lit up - as one would expect - but Cooper has now clarified that 'his' outburst was not of his doing...

just woke up to find out someone gained access to my twitter account. i have not sent a tweet in days or replied to any tweets. We are looking into how this happened. — Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) December 13, 2017

Echoing CNN's official statement on the matter...

This morning someone gained access to the handle @andersoncooper and replied to POTUS. We're working with Twitter to secure the account. — CNN Communications (@CNNPR) December 13, 2017

We are sure the hackers involved were Russian... when will there be a probe?