The Centre’s Narendra Modi government was left red-faced after the official Twitter handle of its Information and Broadcasting Ministry was hacked. The hackers changed the name of the Twitter handle to ‘Elon Musk.’ This embarrassing incident came just weeks after the personal Twitter handle of Modi was hacked.
A visibly embarrassed I&B ministry said that it planned to contact Twitter and Google for their version of the incident.
The I&B ministry later tweeted saying that its account had been restored, “The account @Mib_india has been restored. This is for the information of all the followers.”
The account @Mib_india has been restored. This is for the information of all the followers.
— Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (@MIB_India) January 12, 2022
Modi’s personal Twitter account was compromised last month triggering a hilarious meme fest. The hackers had posted using the prime minister’s personal Twitter handle, “India has officially accepted bitcoin as legal tender. The government has officially bought 500 BTC and distributing them to all residents of the country.”
The routine hacking of official Twitter handles belonging to Modi and ministries of his government assumes significance given that the BJP government has been claiming to achieve revolution through its Digital India push.