Amitabh Bachchan must have had a sleepless night as his Twitter just got hacked yesterday. The hackers took this opportunity to take the term ‘keyboard warrior’ to the next level.
We keep hearing of data leaks and privacy issues in this digital age. We all think that it couldn’t happen to us, and then someone just goes and demonstrates that not even a high-profile celeb like Amitabh Bachchan is safe.
If the Indian government can't protect Amitabh Bachchan's twitter account, can we trust them with our Aadhaar data?
— Ketan Panchal (@KetPan) June 10, 2019
When Big B’s account was hacked yesterday, Twitter went into overdrive. We got some priceless and witty reactions as well.
Here’s what the hacked account tweeted, going all political:
The Hackers
If it wasn’t already clear at this point, the hackers were Turkish, (or so they wanted us to think so). The Turkish flag in a tweet about Indian social disparity and then highlighting an issue specific to Turkish footballers, it doesn’t get more obvious than this.
The hackers identified themselves as ‘Ayyildiz Tim Turkish Cyber Army’ or Turkish Cyber Army (ironically hacking is an Icelandic specialty).
These hackers are fanboys (or maybe fan-girls) of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan. They replaced the display picture of Amitabh Bachchan with that of Imran Khan.
Reactions
Some Indians, as usual, pinned it on Pakistan.
Amitabh Bachchan's twitter account hacked by Pakistanis.
India reached Mars, poor kids still busy trying to enter into our Twitter accounts. Grow up kids 😂🤣😂#Amitabhbachchan pic.twitter.com/XdTOROcxjs
— Manoj Singh (@manojkrs29) June 10, 2019
Some suggested a collaboration.
Pak kid 1:Poore world me koi bhaav nhi de rha😔
Pak kid 2:Haan,even Dhoni's gloves are getting more attention than our team in WC😭
Pak kid 1:kuch karte hain to get back some attention😏**Hires Turkish cyber team to hack #AmitabhBachchan's account & post "Love you Pakistan"**
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) June 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/99ShadesofSalar/status/1138164979444670470
Or was it a ‘Major Adnan Sami strikes again!‘
https://twitter.com/Kathrin_bridges/status/1138167690609209352
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More people ‘confirmed’ it was our not so secret ‘undercover agent’.
People think it's Turkey but I know the truth.
Thank you Major Adnan Sami for this Eid gift #AmitabhBachchan pic.twitter.com/HtlllezuzZ
— Dr Farhan K Virk (@FarhanKVirk) June 10, 2019
What if Big B was a mole all along?
https://twitter.com/GoStudyAsad/status/1138168926892941313
#Amitabhbachchan just tried to ruin our plan. He's working as a secret Pakistani agent in India and today he revealed his love for Pakistan in excitement. Please pray that he's safe after all this that happened today 🙏😂😜 pic.twitter.com/Y5rp5LRofi
— Usman Habib (@usman5006) June 10, 2019
Indians after finding out #AmitabhBachchan is also an undercover agent for Pakistan : pic.twitter.com/xD5qqH0lbb
— High On Chaye (@HighOnChaye) June 10, 2019
Not everyone loved the bromance.
When the hacker has a pathetic sense of humour!! 😂😂
And a poor taste in Love 😜#AmitabhBachchan pic.twitter.com/frKOeQ75k8
— Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) June 10, 2019
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Speaking of romance, we’re wondering who did this?
https://twitter.com/viratfanalways/status/1138152818605416450
So @SrBachchan account got hacked and the man commented this im deceased 💀💀 pic.twitter.com/F8F52VmhrH
— starboy (@Marieejuana_) June 10, 2019
Other hilarious comments include:
Some best replies under Amitabh Bachchan's tweets. Have some laugh 😂😂#AmitabhBachchan pic.twitter.com/ns43CCbtn8
— Farwa 🌸🇵🇰 (@farwaa_zaidi5) June 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/goal_digger__/status/1138166533983744001
Another real reaction. Good thing the tweets were deleted, but screenshots are forever:
Amitabh bachans account has been hacked but nobody tell zartaj pls lmao #AmitabhBachchan pic.twitter.com/gA5kfp80Sb
— FK (@faisalkapadia) June 10, 2019
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Amitabh Regains Control of Twitter Account
The account was later recovered and order was restored. There were some side effects on Big B’s attitude though.
bhery bhel done 🤣 https://t.co/xMNpRT8ZCe
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) June 11, 2019
And the theories come rolling in……..
https://twitter.com/Mubeen_says/status/1138160895446716416
Few hours ago, the account of @SrBachchan with his 37.4M followers has been hacked. There is a high probability that the hacker is @NoyanAyt2002 1/ pic.twitter.com/omeTXzf6ha
— Baptiste Robert (@fs0c131y) June 10, 2019
At least we got some good laughs out of the whole thing. Amitabh Bachchan not so much.
