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PM Modi's Twitter account 'briefly compromised' following crypto scam link tweet

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Dec 12, 2021, at 03:57 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal Twitter account was "briefly compromised", his office posted on the micro-blogging site early on Sunday morning.

The same happened after the account shared a scam link promising a bitcoin giveaway.

"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," PMO India tweeted.

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.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) December 11, 2021

The account has been restored now and the malicious tweets have been deleted.

According to screenshots shared on Twitter by several users, tweets put out from PM Modi's @narendramodi account read, "India has officially accepted bitcoin as legal tender. The government has officially bought 500 BTC and distributing them to all residents of the country." Along with the tweet, a possible scam link was also attached.

The tweet was soon deleted. However, by then #Hacked began trending in India.

Users flooded the micro-blogging site with the screenshot of the now-deleted tweet.

"Good Morning Modi ji, Sab Changa Si?," tweeted Srinivas BV, National President, Indian Youth Congress.

Good Morning Modi ji,
Sab Changa Si?

SS Credit : @AdityaRajKaul pic.twitter.com/0YLVdzmreq
— Srinivas BV (@srinivasiyc) December 11, 2021

Was the Twitter account of the Hon'ble PM shri #NarendraModi ji hacked? And promise of #Bitcoin !! pic.twitter.com/uz1U2IAJaZ
— Tehseen Poonawalla Official 🇮🇳 (@tehseenp) December 11, 2021

#PMModi #Twitter #PMTwitter

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