Alert! PM Narendra Modi's Twitter Handle Hacked, again?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's own Twitter account hacked! Hackers who composed and tweeted a couple of lines about Bitcoin, Twitter alarmed the Prime Minister's Twitter account.

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“India has officially legalized Bitcoin. The central government first purchased 500 Bitcoin and distributed it to the citizens of the country, ” stated by the hackers.

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had before explained that there are no plans to acknowledge Bitcoin as an authority money in India. Bitcoin isn't given any lawful acknowledgment.

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Last year another Prime Minister's Twitter account, @narendramodi_in, was also hacked, claiming that covid-19 donated bitcoin to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.

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The news came just minutes after it was asked if it was posted by the Prime Minister's tweet. Many doubted this and thought it should probably be hacked.

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Others thought the bitcoin might be legalized in the country if the Prime Minister, who recently banned 500 and a thousand rupees and made several Achanac slogans during the covid-19 lockdown.

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