Prime Minister Modi’s Twitter Handle Briefly Compromised, Later Secured

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter deal with was briefly hacked on Sunday, and a tweet claiming that India has “officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender” was put out from it.

The Prime Minister’s Office later stated the account was instantly secured after the matter was escalated to Twitter.

“The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured. In the brief period that the account was compromised, any Tweet shared must be ignored,” it stated.

The tweet, after PM Modi’s private deal with was hacked within the small hours, additionally claimed that India has formally purchased 500 BTC and is distributing them amongst its residents and shared a hyperlink, asking individuals to rush up.

The future has come right now, it stated.

Many customers instantly identified that the account appears to have been hacked. Some like Youth Congress president Srinivas B V took a jibe as he tweeted whereas posting the screenshot of the now-deleted tweet, “Good Morning Modi ji, Sab Changa Si?”

This shouldn’t be the primary time {that a} Twitter deal with related to the prime minister has been compromised.

In September 2020, the deal with of his private web site was hacked and even then tweets selling Bitcoin, seen to be linked to a rip-off, have been posted from @narendramodi_in.

PM Modi’s accounts aren’t alone in being focused by hackers for pushing Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency, as handles of a number of famous public personalities, together with Barack Obama and Bill Gates moreover these from different fields like leisure, have been focused up to now. Bitcoin value in India stood at Rs. 39.65 lakh as of 10am IST on December 13.

India, it might be famous, has taken a troublesome stand on cryptocurrencies.

PM Modi has been vocal in highlighting the dangers related to crypto, together with on the latest democracy summit hosted by US President Joe Biden, and in his inside conferences with authorities officers

 The authorities has expressed concern that cryptocurrencies could also be used for luring buyers with deceptive claims and for funding terror actions and cash laundering. It is more likely to carry a regulation to cope with the difficulty.

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