{"id":278748,"date":"2020-09-03T10:57:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T05:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=278748"},"modified":"2020-09-03T10:57:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T05:57:43","slug":"narendra-modis-twitter-account-gets-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/narendra-modis-twitter-account-gets-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Narendra Modi&#8217;s Twitter Account Gets Hacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an unusual turn of events, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s Twitter account has been hacked. However. it should be mentioned that it was Modi&#8217;s personal Twitter account which got hacked, not the official Prime Minister of India one.<\/p>\n<p>However the damage has already been done as whoever hacked Modi&#8217;s Twitter account, @narendranodi_in, asked for donations for a COVID-19 relief fund. They even asserted that they would accept donations via Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>The tweets were posted at 3:09 AM on 3rd September 2020, and weren&#8217;t removed until 4:05 AM. Looks like @narendranodi_in&#8217;s 2.5 million followers already got an eye-full.<\/p>\n<p>In the last tweet posted at around 3:16 AM, a hacker group called \u2018John Wick\u2019 claimed responsibility for hacking the account.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Indian state media NDTV, Twitter has also confirmed that the account was compromised.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch | PM Modi&#39;s Website Account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hacked?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hacked<\/a>, Twitter &quot;Actively Investigating&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/47zMJZt5Q4\">https:\/\/t.co\/47zMJZt5Q4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0jwCumKJOC\">pic.twitter.com\/0jwCumKJOC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NDTV (@ndtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ndtv\/status\/1301353343697076224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/twitter-confirms-account-of-pm-modi-s-personal-website-hacked\/story-8pNm8w8j0NxLYH7YEZF3gN.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">revealed that they are currently \u2018actively investigating\u2019<\/a> the case. In an email statement, a Twitter spokeswoman said;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are actively investigating the situation. At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts being impacted.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Twitter Shows No Remorse<\/h3>\n<p>The instance of a head of government&#8217;s Twitter account being hacked is no laughing matter. But Twitter not only had a laugh about the whole ordeal, it also spawned some savage memes.<\/p>\n<p>From the hacker&#8217;s perspective:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pm modi&#39;s personal twitter account hacked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hacked?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hacked<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hacker&#39;s to modiji :- <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dEA7cJEU8P\">pic.twitter.com\/dEA7cJEU8P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rahul Sharma (@RahulSharama22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulSharama22\/status\/1301343851055992832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/raraaajj\/status\/1301301981009469440?s=21<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To just jeering at Modi.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarthaasm\/status\/1301374670789177344?s=21<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/india-bans-pubg-over-fears-it-is-creating-psychopaths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Bans PUBG Over Fears It Is &#8216;Creating Psychopaths&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A lot of these memes hinted at deeper grievances with the premier. PUBG players sure aren&#8217;t all praise for the head of government. After all, India just banned PUBG yesterday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Narendra Modi Twitter Account Got Hacked<br \/>Meanwhile Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2YydmP8a69\">pic.twitter.com\/2YydmP8a69<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; YuvrajSaha (@YuvrajSaha6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YuvrajSaha6\/status\/1301371468798808064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/cricktomania\/status\/1301377694957928448?s=21<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seems like no one is safe online, not even Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an unusual turn of events, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s Twitter account has been hacked. However. it should be mentioned that it was Modi&#8217;s personal Twitter account which got hacked, not the official Prime Minister of India one. However the damage has already been done as whoever hacked Modi&#8217;s Twitter account, @narendranodi_in, asked for donations for a COVID-19 relief [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/narendra-modis-twitter-account-gets-hacked\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":277889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,1292,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-278748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-humor","9":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"What happened here?","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design3-6-364x205.png",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design3-6-758x427.png",758,427,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design3-6.png",1000,563,false]},"author_name":"Lens Staff","categories_name":["Featured","Humor","Social Media"],"title_text":"Narendra Modi\u2019s Twitter Account Gets Hacked","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,1292,1291&exclude=278748","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278748"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=278748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}