Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter handle was “very briefly compromised” and was secured later after the matter was escalated to the micro-blogging site, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) informed in the wee hours on Sunday.
As per the screenshots shared on Twitter by several users, tweets were put out from PM Modi’s account claiming “India has officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender”.
A Twitter Spokesperson told ET, “We have 24X7 open lines of communication with the PM’s Office and our teams took necessary steps to secure the compromised account as
soon as we became aware of this activity. Our investigation has revealed that there are no signs of any other impacted accounts at this time.”
The controversial tweet has now been deleted and the account has been restored.
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“The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account was immediately secured. In the brief period that the account was compromised, any Tweet shared must be ignored,” PMO India tweeted.
Modi is one the most followed global leaders on Twitter and has over 73.4 million followers on the micro-blogging site. After Modi’s account was compromised, #Hacked began trending in India.
Earlier, in September 2020, the Twitter account, which updates Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website and mobile app was hacked by an unknown group.
