Twitter confirmed on Thursday that an account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website was hacked with a series of tweets asking its followers to donate to a relief fund through cryptocurrency.

Twitter confirms account of PM Modi's personal website hacked

Twitter confirmed on Thursday that an account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website was hacked with a series of tweets asking its followers to donate to a relief fund through cryptocurrency.

The incident comes after several Twitter accounts of prominent personalities were hacked in July.

Twitter said it was aware of the activity with Modi's website account and has taken steps to secure it.

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We are actively investigating the situation. At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts being impacted," a Twitter spokeswoman said in an emailed statement.

Modi's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the tweets posted on the account @narendramodi_in.

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The account, with over 2.5 million followers, is the official Twitter handle for Modi's personal website (https://www.narendramodi.in/) and the Narendra Modi mobile application.

Modi's personal Twitter account, which was unaffected by this incident, has over 61 million followers.

The tweets, which have since been taken down, asked the followers to donate to the PM National Relief Fund through cryptocurrency.

Hackers had in July accessed Twitter's internal systems to hijack some of the platform's top voices including US&nbsp;presidential candidate Joe Biden, former US&nbsp;President Barack Obama and billionaire Elon Musk, and used them to solicit digital currency.

Twitter confirmed on Thursday that an account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website was hacked with a series of tweets asking its followers to donate to a relief fund through cryptocurrency. The incident comes after several Twitter accounts of prominent personalities were hacked in July. Twitter said it was aware of the activity with Modi's website account and has taken steps to secure it. Twitter account of PM Modi's personal website hacked Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/NYZhitc50c pic.twitter.com/V7Wpa6H4c4 — ANI Digital (@ani_digital) September 3, 2020 × Also read: Russian influence campaign targeted left-wing voters in US and UK, says Facebook We are actively investigating the situation. At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts being impacted," a Twitter spokeswoman said in an emailed statement. Modi's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the tweets posted on the account @narendramodi_in. Also read: Twitter accounts of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and others hit in major hack The account, with over 2.5 million followers, is the official Twitter handle for Modi's personal website (https://www.narendramodi.in/) and the Narendra Modi mobile application. Modi's personal Twitter account, which was unaffected by this incident, has over 61 million followers. The tweets, which have since been taken down, asked the followers to donate to the PM National Relief Fund through cryptocurrency. Hackers had in July accessed Twitter's internal systems to hijack some of the platform's top voices including US presidential candidate Joe Biden, former US President Barack Obama and billionaire Elon Musk, and used them to solicit digital currency.

Twitter confirms account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website hacked

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Twitter confirms account of PM Modi's personal website hacked

Twitter confirms account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website hacked