People aren’t finished stealing big politicians’ Twitter accounts for monetary gain. An invader momentarily took control of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account on December 12th, according to a credible source. The attacker tweeted a false claim that India had legalized Bitcoin and directed viewers to a (thankfully obsolete) hoax website. The post contradicted India’s well-documented aversion to bitcoin.
The Prime Minister’s office remained silent on the issue. It admitted that Modi’s account had been “briefly compromised,” but said it had notified Twitter and “immediately secured” the politician’s profile. Twitter told something similar to the highly reputable source.
It’s unclear who is to blame or how they gained access to the account (some speculated the attackers exploited a website flaw). However, this was not a large-scale operation like the one that vandalized the Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and other high-profile personalities. It’s most troubling that someone gained access to Modi’s account in the first place – international leaders are expected to maintain strong security, and Twitter even has a mechanism in place to safeguard high-profile users from cyberattacks. While none of these procedures are perfect, they do minimize the likelihood of situations like this occurring.
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