Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 12: Twitter on Sunday said that it took necessary steps to secure the compromised handle of Prime Minister Narendra Narendra Modi as soon as it became aware of this activity.
“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 twitter spokesperson said on Sunday.
Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter handle was briefly hacked on Sunday, and a tweet claiming that India has officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender was posted. The account was secured later after the matter was escalated to the micro-blogging site, informed Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
“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 now been restored and the malicious tweets have been deleted.
