The Twitter account of the Indian Medical Association was hacked late last night. The hacker changed the name of the account to ‘Elon Musk’ and continuously replied to tweets from the official Twitter account of Elon Musk and even Tesla. Most of the tweets made by the hacker were promoting cryptocurrency. Not only the name but the profile picture of the official IMA Twitter account was changed by the hacker. Also Read - CES 2022 to close on January 7 amid growing Covid concerns
This new attack comes just weeks after the official Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was hacked. One common aspect in both hacking incidents is that after being hacked, the accounts sent out various tweets promoting cryptocurrencies. In the case of the Prime Minister’s Twitter account hack, the tweets were in the form of crypto offers. Also Read - From Clubhouse’s Android app to Facebook becoming Meta, here’s how your favourite social media apps changed in 2021
Currently, the official Twitter account of IMA is still live but the name has been removed and has been replaced with ‘.’. The tweets sent out by the hacker are also still present on the account. Also Read - Bizarre! Ex Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey believes Bitcoin will replace the US Dollar
Earlier in July last year, a similar hacking incident was reported. The account of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) was hacked and the name of the account was changed to ‘Elon Musk’. The Twitter profil ..
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