The official twitter account of Press information Bureau (PIB) which is the public relations arm of the Indian government was allegedly hacked on March 22 as many twitter users noticed that the handle had liked tweets of pornographic handles and some Japanese language tweets such as these:
https://twitter.com/Noelcosplay_/status/1238838829131296768
https://twitter.com/jennifergable8/status/1241547041311870976
https://twitter.com/PennyLandon1/status/1241611593575583745
When twitter users pointed this out via tweets, the PIB twitter handle posted the following clarification tweet: https://twitter.com/PIB_India/status/1241737200045187073
The tweet says that this was caused due to an unknown malfunction. In times when a lot of misinformation is being circulated through the medium of Whatsapp, it is important that government’s agencies disseminating information take utmost care and caution regarding their social media activity. People generally look up to official government accounts on social media for credible information and if these accounts remain susceptible to such malfunction, it could spell trouble.
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