Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account hacked, abusive tweets posted
Almost eight such tweets were spotted out of which one reportedly read: "My family is a bunch of corrupt....(expletives) retarded... (expletives)."
The hackers have also removed Rahul Gandhi's profile picture.
According to reports, the title of the account '@OfficeOfRG' was also changed to an abusive one.
The abusive tweets were deleted in about an hour.
Reacting to the incident, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted: "Such unscrupulous,unethical&roguish conduct of venal trolls 2hack @OfficeOfRG reflects disturbing insecurities of prevalent fascist culture."
"Pre-meditated hacking of @OfficeOfRG smacks of a sinister conspiracy to abuse & intimidate.It strengthens our resolve to fight for the Nation," Singh posted.
He also save that the hacking puts serious concerns on digital safety.
"Hacking of@OfficeofRG proves lack of Digital safety around each one of us. Every digital info can be accessed, altered, morphed & modified," Surjewala wrote.
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