New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s private Twitter account was “in short compromised”, his workplace published at the social networking website early on Sunday morning, after it shared a rip-off link promising a bitcoin giveaway.
“The Twitter cope with of PM @narendramodi was very in brief compromised. The depend changed into escalated to Twitter and the account has been straight away secured.
In the quick period that the account became compromised, any Tweet shared should be not noted,” PMO India tweeted.
The account has now been restored and the malicious tweets have been deleted.
The Twitter management of PM @narendramodi was very in brief compromised. The matter changed into escalated to Twitter and the account has been without delay secured.
In the brief duration that the account turned into compromised, any Tweet shared must be ignored.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) December 11, 2021
According to screenshots shared on Twitter with the aid of several users, tweets positioned out from PM Modi’s @narendramodi account study, “India has officially time-honored bitcoin as prison soft.
The authorities have formally bought 500 BTC and allotted them to all residents of the united states.” Along with the tweet, a probable scam hyperlink was additionally attached.
The tweet was quickly deleted however now not earlier than #Hacked commenced trending in India.
Users flooded the micro-blogging website with the screenshot of the now-deleted tweet.
“Good Morning Modi Ji, Sab Changa Si?,” tweeted Srinivas BV, National President, Indian Youth Congress.
Political activist Tehseen Poonawalla additionally took to Twitter and stated, “Was the Twitter account of the Hon’ble PM Shri #NarendraModi Ji hacked? And the promise of #Bitcoin !!”
Another Twitter consumer wrote, “#PMmodi #modi account #hacked, please do not click on at the hyperlink. It’s a scam. … Even PM’s account is not safe. How safe might be Indian social media from hackers, manipulators, scammers, and foreign impact? #Twitter proven protection compromised?”
Earlier, in September 2020, the Twitter account related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s non-public internet site and the cellular app was hacked by an unknown institution.