Diabytes
Twitter Hack News
)
The account was recovered in a few hours.
The hackers gained access to the handle @GovernorCG.
)
This is the third prominent administrative Twitter account to be hacked in the past two days including the UP Chief Minister`s Office and the Indian Meteorological Department of India.
)
The Ministry has reportedly changed the password of the account.
The incident was also reported to the cybercrime team of the Delhi Police.
)
Prosecutors allege that Graham Ivan Clark was the mastermind of the scheme that hacked accounts of celebrities and politicians, and sent tweets from their accounts seeking payments of Bitcoin.
Two other men Mason Sheppard, 19, of Bognor Regis, United Kingdom, and Nima Fazeli, 22, of Orlando were charged separately last week in California federal court.
)
In the hack, fraudulent tweets soliciting investments in the digital currency bitcoin were posted in mid-July by 45 verified Twitter accounts.
More than $100,000 was obtained, bitcoin`s public ledger showed.
Twitter has previously said its employees were duped into sharing account credentials.
)
A series of high-profile Twitter accounts were hijacked, with some of the platform's top voices - including U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden, reality television show star Kim Kardashian, former U.S. President Barack Obama, billionaire Elon Musk, and rapper Kanye West, among many others - used to solicit digital currency. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched an investigation after hackers hijacked Twitter accounts of a number of high-profile US figures in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
)
After hacking emails and Twitter account of liquor baron Vijay Mallya and journalists Barkha Dutt and Ravish Kumar, member of hacker group Legion now claims to leak mails of 74,000 chartered accountants in the country
)
Actress Leslie Jones took a dig at her own Twitter account hack incident, where her private pictures were leaked, at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards.
)
Oops! Hrithik's account hacked?
)
In early 2015, Twitter`s chief financial officer and head of Twitter Ventures, Anthony Noto`s account was hacked that resulted in many spam messages.
Loading...
 "Will Hindus get justice in Bengal's Murshidabad?")
 "DNA: Uproar over freebies in Delhi!")
 "DNA: AIMIM plans to field 2020 Delhi riots accused Shahrukh Pathan")
 "DNA: A report showing the reality of Bangladesh")
 "DNA: Power Theft Allegations Against SP MP Ziaur Rahman Barq")
 "DNA: Hot Tea Linked to Cancer Risk!")
 "DNA: Why Jordan Fears After Syria’s Coup?")
 "DNA: NSA Ajit Doval’s China Visit - Inside Story")
 "DNA: Gandhi Family Ruined My Career, says Mani Shankar Aiyar")
 "DNA: Ground Report- Tight Security Arrangements for Mahakumbh")
