According to a report, the Twitter account of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji was hacked briefly on Sunday. The minister’s account was compromised for a few hours, and tweets promoting cryptocurrency were posted after hackers changed the profile photo for the account. The microblogging service helped the minister gain access to his account through a password reset email. The minister is the latest in several politicians and official government accounts whose accounts have been tampered with over the past months.
According to a PTI report, the Twitter account of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji was hacked on Sunday. Once the hackers gained access to the account, they allegedly modified the profile photo for the account, then tweeted in support of the cryptocurrency.
The minister’s account is said to have been compromised due to malware, according to the report, which quotes DMK MLA TRB Raja, who wrote to Twitter to address the issue.
According to the report, the minister, who has over 2 lakh followers, was able to gain access to his account later on Sunday after the microblogging service sent him a password reset email.
The minister is the latest in several politicians and government-related accounts in India that have been compromised on Twitter in the past months. Back in April, the Twitter account of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s office was hacked, and around 500 tweets were reportedly sent before access was restored. In January, the Twitter handle of the National Disaster Response Force was compromised, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s account was also hacked and a tweet related to bitcoin adoption was put out last December.
