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Fresh Off The Block: Indian PM Modi hacked with bitcoin tweet and more

Khairani Afifi Noordin
Khairani Afifi Noordin • 2 min read
Fresh Off The Block: Indian PM Modi hacked with bitcoin tweet and more
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India prime minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account was “briefly compromised” on Dec 11 — a tweet from the account said India has officially adopted bitcoin as a legal tender. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured, said the Indian prime minister’s office in a tweet.

A screenshot of the now-deleted tweet

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