"Briefly Compromised," Says PM Office After His Account Shares Scam Link
NDTV
The account has now been restored and the malicious tweets have been deleted.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal Twitter account was "briefly compromised", his office posted on the social networking site early on Sunday morning, after it 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. Good Morning Modi ji,Sab Changa Si?SS Credit : @AdityaRajKaulpic.twitter.com/0YLVdzmreq Another confirmation that the Twitter account of the Hon'ble PM shri #NarendraModi ji was hacked.#Bitcoin#Bitcon .Original screenshot by @AdityaRajKaul . It's gone viral... pic.twitter.com/JYwHjjyHEx
"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 account has now been restored and the malicious tweets have been deleted.
