The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Narendra Modi) was compiled and posted a tweet claiming that the Indian government had adopted Bitcoin as legal tender and purchased 500 coins to distribute to all residents of the country. This hacking occurred at a critical moment in India because the government is actively enacting cryptocurrency legislation.

Hackers tweeted about buying and giving away bitcoins by the Indian government

On Saturday, the Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Narendra Modi) was hacked and posted a tweet promoting a Bitcoin scam. This tweet reads:

India has officially adopted Bitcoin as its legal tender. The government has officially purchased 500 Bitcoin And distribute them to all residents of the country.

The tweet also contains a link to a website that promotes a Bitcoin giveaway scam. At the time of writing this article, the scam site on blogspot.com has been deleted.

Prime Minister Modi’s account was quickly restored, and the Bitcoin scam tweet was deleted.

The official account of the Office of the Prime Minister of India subsequently announced on Twitter that Prime Minister Modi’s Twitter account was “destroyed very briefly.” It added: “This matter has been escalated to Twitter, and the account has been protected immediately. Any shared tweets must be ignored within a short period of time when the account was compromised.”

This is not the first time that Prime Minister Modi’s account has been hacked.Last June, his account was compromise As part of a larger hack involving several other world leaders, large companies and celebrities. The hacker also used the infected account to post tweets about the Bitcoin giveaway scam.

In September, Modi’s Twitter account was Hacked again. tweets The account posted a request for Bitcoin donations to the Prime Minister’s Covid-19 National Relief Fund.

Bitcoin giveaway scams are very common in the field of encryption.Scammers used the names and portraits of several influential people and celebrities to promote their giveaway scams, including the CEO of Tesla Elon Musk, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Microstrategy CEO Michael Seiler.

When Modi’s Twitter account was hacked, India was considering regulating Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.An encryption bill has been listed as Considered Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.

There are reports that Modi will Make the final decision Regarding India’s encryption legislation. According to reports, he hosted at least two high-level meetings on encryption.Modi recently urged leaders of democracies cooperate Ensure that cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, do not fall into the wrong hands.At the Democracy Summit hosted by US President Joe Biden last week, Modi said that cryptocurrencies should be used Empower democracy.

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