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PM Modi’s Twitter account hacked, now restored; tweet on Bitcoin deleted

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December 12, 2021

Twitter account hacked

PM Modi’s Twitter account was hacked, now restored; tweet on Bitcoin deleted The personal Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly hacked during the early hours of Sunday. The account has now been restored.

The personal Twitter handle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly hacked during the early hours of Sunday. While the account was restored shortly after, a tweet promoting cryptocurrency had already been shared from the handle and was later deleted.

PM Modi’s Twitter account hacked, now restored; tweet on Bitcoin del

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