Rep. Weiner is consulting with a lawyer about civil or criminal action, he told the Daily News today, but said he's not devoting too many resources to the social media kerfuffle. "I'm focused on my work," he said.

No word on how the account could have been "hacked," although there is a proud tradition of successful "dictionary" attacks on Twitter. In 2009, an 18-year old prankster cracked into several accounts after running through the dictionary until he hit on the password of a Twitter employee: "happiness."