Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister was hackes to use for calling donation by Ethereum

By Selena On Sep 3, 2020

The hackers are now trying to find a larger target, such as the Twitter account of India’s prime minister – Narendra Modi. This is the account he used to find donations and use it for the National Relief Fund. Taking advantage of that, the hackers asked users to donate to charity using cryptocurrencies; at the same time, they add an Ethereum address to the comments.

Indian PM Modi’s Twitter account hacked.

Tweets were sent from the prime minister’s feed asking for charitable donations using a cryptocurrency, but have since been taken downhttps://t.co/kfqOaxJUUm pic.twitter.com/DZX9zNu6FM

— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 3, 2020

The hackers targeted the Prime Minister’s Twitter, fake an Ethereum charity call

Twitter accounts that are often targeted by hackers are often accounts used to promote legitimate donations and donations. Also, after that, the account immediately confirmed that they had been hacked by the hacker and did not have any charitable benefits to the relief fund.

A spokesman from the Prime Minister of India said:

“We are aware of this conspiracy and have taken steps to secure the compromised account. We are actively investigating the situation.”

The company added that it had no information about whether any other accounts were compromised. At the time of writing, no similar reports exist. Twitter also said it did not find any connection between the Modi’s hack and the July 2020 breach earlier.

Specifically, the large-scale Twitter hack in July 2020 involved several famous people. Social influencer Kim Kardashian, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and former US Vice President Joe Biden, for example, … Hackers have taken control of their Twitter accounts to promote scams regarding cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Twitter was quick to take down affected accounts, but not before tweets were sent by accounts that had 346 million followers totaling, and more than $ 120,000 Bitcoins were sent to hackers’ addresses. US authorities allege that a 17-year-old teenager carried out the scam in Florida. He has intentionally obtained access to the administration keys of the website.

Meanwhile, cryptocurrency scams remain a threat on social media. But while Twitter has stated that it is taking steps to prevent such instances, the YouTube video-sharing giant continues to promote cryptocurrency. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak even sued them in August for not being able to control such scams.

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