PM Modi's Twitter handle 'briefly compromised',PMO

The Prime Minister's Office PMO has said that the Twitter handle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was very briefly compromised and was secured later, after a link promising a bitcoin giveaway was shared on the account, In a tweet, the PMO  on Sunday said, the matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured. It said, in the brief period that the account was compromised, any Tweet shared must be ignored.

The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured.

In the brief period that the account was compromised, any Tweet shared must be ignored.

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) December 11, 2021

The account of PM Modi, who has more than 73.4 million followers, has now been restored and the malicious tweets have been deleted. Several Twitter users shared screenshots of those tweets from PM Modi's account, which claimed: "India has officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender". #Hacked began trending in India after PM Modi's account was compromised.