Man behind Karnataka Bitcoin scam also hacked Rahul Gandhi, Vijay Mallya’s Twitter accounts in 2016

In December 2016, the Twitter accounts of Rahul Gandhi, Vijay Mallya and Barkha Dutt were hacked. It has now been uncovered that the hacker is the same person who has been named as the prime accused in the Karnataka Bitcoin case.

In December 2016, the Twitter accounts of Rahul Gandhi, Vijay Mallya and Barkha Dutt were hacked. At the time, a case was registered with Delhi Police’s economic offences wing against an unknown person with the pseudonym ‘Legion’.

Now, five years later, the identity ‘Legion’ has been uncovered as Bengaluru-based hacker Srikrishna Ramesh, also known as Srikki.