New Delhi: Official Twitter handles of Uttar Pradesh Government and Punjab Congress were hacked on Monday. Strange tweets were posted from the official Twitter handles.
One tweet said, “In celebration for the reveal of the Beanz Official Collection, we have opened up an airdrop to all active NFT traders in the community for the next 24 hours! Claim your beanz. Take the red bean fren.”
Similar tweets were posted from Punjab Congress Twitter handle as well. And in a series, many accounts were tagged. The Display Picture of the handle was removed too.
Earlier on Saturday, Twitter account of UP CMO was hacked. The UP CMO account’s profile photo was altered to a cartoonist monkey, and the post was published on a guide named “How to convert your BAYC/MAYC animated on Twitter,” indicating that the account had been hacked.
The unidentified hackers also posted a thread of some random tweets on the UP CMO account.
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