Indian PM Modi’s personal Twitter account hacked*

Delhi September  03 (PTK) Twitter has confirmed that the personal account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been hacked.

A series of tweets were sent from the account asking followers to donate to a relief fund through cryptocurrency.

The platform said it was aware of the activity and has taken steps to secure the compromised account.

It’s the latest high-profile security breach following similar attacks in July on US presidential hopeful Joe Biden and Tesla founder Elon Musk .

“We are actively investigating the situation. At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts being impacted,” a Twitter spokeswoman told the BBC.

The tweets, which have now been taken down, asked followers to donate to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund through cryptocurrency.(PTK)