The Twitter handle of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s office was hacked in the middle of the night. The Twitter handle of Yogi Adityanath’s office (@CMOfficeUP) was hacked around 1 pm on Friday night, after which the officers lost their sleep. After much effort, the Twitter handle of the Chief Minister’s Office was rescued from the clutches of hackers. Within minutes after hacking, hackers made more than 2 dozen tweets and tagged hundreds of people in these tweets.
Twitter handle’s DP changed: After hacking the Twitter account of the Chief Minister’s Office, the hackers also changed the DP and cover photo of the handle. The photo of Yogi Adityanath was removed from the Twitter handle and a photo of a cartoon was put there. Along with this, hackers also changed the bio of the Twitter handle of the Chief Minister’s Office. The hackers changed the bio of the Chief Minister’s Office and wrote there co-founders @BoredApeYc and @YugaLabs and both these accounts are verified on Twitter.
The Twitter handle of the Chief Minister’s Office gives information about the programs of Yogi Adityanath and the state government. Whatever decisions are taken by Yogi Adityanath and his cabinet, the information about it is given first from the Twitter handle of the Chief Minister’s Office. The Twitter handle of the Chief Minister’s Office is followed by more than 40 lakh people. Along with this, the Twitter handle follows 222 celebrities and institutions.
Earlier in December last year, hackers hacked Prime Minister Modi’s Twitter account. Then after much effort, the account was freed from the clutches of hackers. This information was given by the Prime Minister’s Office through a tweet. The Prime Minister’s Office had tweeted that PM Modi’s Twitter handle was tampered with and the matter was taken up with Twitter, for which the account was immediately restored.