Twitter Accounts Of Indian Medical Association, Council Of World Affairs Hacked

Twitter Accounts of the Indian Medical Association, the Indian Council of World Affairs and Mann Deshi Mahila Bank were hacked last night, with the account being renamed as Elon Musk to lure people into fake crypto traps calling them gifts, stating ¡°LOVE YOU GUYS!! MY GlFT HERE!!¡±.

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Tweets on these accounts were found to post content promoting cryptocurrency. The Elon Musk name was added using special characters, instead of actual text, and with ICWA, IMA and Mann Deshi Mahila Bank accounts being verified, anyone could have been easily fooled by this.

According to sources in a conversation with IndiaToday, it could be a result of the password being compromised or someone could have clicked a malicious link that would have offered access to the Twitter account.

At the time of writing this, both IMA and ICWA accounts no longer have the Elon Musk name or photo on them. However, the bad actors have bombarded the accounts with fake crypto tweets, and have even commented on Elon Musk¡¯s posts to lure people. It looks like it will take some time for the accounts to go back to their original state.

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CERT-In, the cybersecurity arm of the Ministry of Electronics, and Information Technology are currently investigating this breach.

This came weeks after Prime Minister Modi¡¯s account was hacked, which also experienced a similar theme of posts, which came after his public comments on cryptocurrency. The account, however, was restored in a matter of hours with fake tweets later being deleted.

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