Twitter account of UGC India hacked
Highlights
- This is the third prominent Twitter account that has been hacked in the past two days
- Earlier, Twitter accounts of UP CM Office and IMD were hacked
- The hacker of UGC India used a cartoonist picture as the profile photo, which was later removed
The official Twitter account of the University Grants Commission (UGC) India was restored after it was briefly hacked on Sunday. Notably, this was the third prominent Twitter account that was hacked in the past two days including the UP Chief Minister's Office and the Indian Meteorological Department of India.
The breach came to notice when some unidentified hackers took control of UGC India's Twitter account and posted a long thread of irrelevant tweets tagging numerous unknown persons across the world. The hacker also used a cartoonist picture as the profile photo.
The Twitter handle with the username @ugc_india has around 2,96,000 followers at present.
The account is also linked to its official website.
(With inputs from ANI)
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