Congress celebration YSR’s Twitter account hacked

India

oi-Nitesh Jha

Vijayawada, December 10:
With hackers having a area day nowadays, the YSR Congress Get together (YSRCP) reported that their Twitter account had been hacked with a number of weird messages posted over the previous few hours. The account has not but been restored. It must be famous that Jal Shakti’s Union Ministry Twitter account was additionally hacked on December 1.

After hacking the celebration’s official deal with, the hackers pinned a publish on the cryptocurrency-related account with the photograph of Elon Musk, the brand new CEO of Twitter. “To assist the crypto group, Elon Musk has launched 5,000 BTC and 100,000 ETH GIVEAWAY. b-tc-giv-eaway-f1052c2817a6. 📌Observe: You may solely take a present as soon as. Please hurry you!!! (sic),” it learn. Embed https://twitter.com/YSRCParty/standing/1601409517153320960?s=20&t=DAiF7ciQN12hGKrg7hFrvQ

The hackers additionally reposted a number of posts from different handles. “Completely happy Thanksgiving, monkeys. Trial begins this Christmas. (sic),” one of many tweets learn. “My BAYC x SuperPlastic has arrived! It was well worth the wait! (sic),” learn one other.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Digital Officer Devendra Reddy Gurrampati confirmed the account had been hacked and informed media they had been in touch with Twitter officers. “We complained to Twitter and they’re engaged on it. This must be resolved quickly,” he mentioned.

Jal Shakti’s ministry Twitter account briefly hacked

Additionally within the ministry’s case, its Twitter account was briefly hacked and a number of other tweets selling the Sui Pockets crypto pockets had been posted from the account. Nevertheless, the deal with was restored inside hours. After hacking the official deal with, the hackers posted round 80 tweets and tagged a number of authorities and personal handles.

All tweets have now been deleted. The ministry confirmed the hacking assault. The hackers modified the official profile image with Sui’s brand alongside along with her cowl picture. A tweet selling the Sui Pockets crypto pockets was first posted by the Jal Shakti ministry account at 5:38 a.m., in keeping with reviews.

As well as, the hackers additionally focused All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) servers, Delhi servers. They hacked the AIIMS server on November 23 and allegedly demanded Rs 200 crore in cryptocurrency. Nevertheless, the Delhi police denied any ransom demand.

Additionally, makes an attempt have been made to hack the Indian Council of Medical Analysis (ICMR) web site. Nevertheless, it couldn’t be hacked.