Indian Prime Minister Promoting Bitcoins Giveaway

[Mpamaegbu]

How come his twitter account get hacks and that too for the 2nd time ?
The prime minister twitter account should have the highest possible security and password  standards.

It was the same way the Twitter account of the world's richest man – Elon Musk's account together with those of other notable figures were hacked some time ago too. These things happen and sometimes they leave room for suspicion that the account owners are in the know of what's happening. In some cases I see it as a way of account owners using that opportunity to express their thoughts, away from the office or position they hold in government. That's the way I feel on this one. However, it's the later part of that article as shared by @Charles-Tim here https://cointelegraph.com/news/indian-prime-minister-modi-s-hacked-twitter-account-attempts-btc-scam that makes it look like a scam. I think the public should be watchful and weary of that too.

[rodskee]

I was shocked to see that the Indian prime minister announced bitcoin as a legal tender in India and also giving away free bitcoin but to my disappointment it was done after his account was hacked.

PM Modi’s Twitter handle ‘briefly compromised’, bitcoin giveaway link shared

i was amazed reading the photo shared , but disappointed after reading the lower part in which the account was hacked and surely the hacker/hackers are a crypto community members because their announcement is really encouraging if the hacking does not exposed earlier.

though the Indian Government still having strict policy towards crypto and it is impossible to just happened that adoption overnight.

but it is a Good read in the beginning  lol.

[AicecreaME]

I was shocked to see that the Indian prime minister announced bitcoin as a legal tender in India and also giving away free bitcoin but to my disappointment it was done after his account was hacked.

PM Modi’s Twitter handle ‘briefly compromised’, bitcoin giveaway link shared

The title is quite misleading. The first time I read it, I thought it was all about promoting the giveaway of bitcoin, and turns out, it was all about the hacking incident, not really promoting, so I suggest you change the title to avoid confusing other readers as well. This is such a clickbait as the title isn't aligned to the overall content. However, it's still good to read about the incident that has happened.

Any of us is prone to hacking. It could be any of the people around the world as platforms have their own vulnerabilities that are taken advantage of the hackers to gain something from it.  But of course, most of the time, those people who have been hacked and are more prone to hacking are the ones that have a wide reach of audience, are well-known, and have a reputation to uphold. The reason behind is is that the hackers can easily get what they want the moment they infiltrate the security of the account. Just like what happened to the Prime Minister's Twitter account. Since he is a reputable person, people trust him giving the hacker/s the advantage to execute easily what they want such as scamming. Since this is already the 2nd time around that his account has been hacked, I think the security is quite weak. As servant leaders, their accounts should be well taken care of and should have high safety protocols. May this serve as a lesson to them.

As for the Twitter followers of any reputable personality, let's avoid being a victim to such events by double-checking first whether the announcement is true or not. Avoid giving any personal information no matter how famous the person asking you is. Don't be easily fooled and always stay vigilant. Once you lose your funds, there's a little to no more chance to recover it so always be on your guard.

[gleisson05]

It's not the first time when users get scammed because someone hacked Twitter accounts of prominent people.
Everyone who thinks that bitcoins (and other coins) can be received so easily, should really reconsider their presence in crypto as this kind of silly approach may not end well for them one day.

[DOH!]

though the Indian Government still having strict policy towards crypto and it is impossible to just happened that adoption overnight.

Omg, it's another hack that took place perhaps from the unclear and changing regulations for bitcoin as a concept that lacks continuity. In fact, India is getting draconian with regulations related to bitcoin and crypto in recent times. I think it is also a "reminder" to the prime minister of India although I am not impressed with the hacked versions. Lol
Mr. Modi has probably never been in such a rush with a bitcoin-related gift - Giveaway .

[sarmrakib]

I don't know how these hackers gained access to the accounts of people in the high ranking of the society. I remember it also happens to some of the celebrities Twitter accounts. This is something that needs to be focused on for all the social media platforms.
This kind of Tweets will somehow teach the people not to trust immediately especially If it happens like out of the blues without any previous Tweets about these.

Yes we really not to be quick after getting a social comments cause the account could be hacked before that .Here we have faced same thing that his account hacked and after that we have seen a tweet so we need to more careful on that and also try to get the news from different source if it correct we can surely get it on other site as well .However we don't get any others source that he really said it so it's not good for us to become excited .I hope the government will think more and make strategy to switch it properly on the country .I didn't shock much after getting this news cause i knew it could be happen something like this .So i wanna suggest you to research and being updated always with the news what we get .

[aysg76]

This was another one attempt to hack the official Twitter account of renowned world leaders and put up some crypto related stuff and this hack was done when there are uncertainties about the regulations of crypto industry in India.The government has yet to finalize and present the bill in the current parliament session and this hack was done during that.

This was bad attempt according to me as the tweet says legal tender for bitcoin but the government has previously said they will not make it legal tender like El Salvador and will come up some new approach or ban some private cryptos with partial regulations so this tweet doesn't make any sense to me at all.

But still there are so many users in India that want Government to take positive action for the regulations but the account was restored immediately after that and no scam was done according to me through this as hackers might want to them have nice decision in favour of bitcoin 

[leea-1334]

If you're Indian and you actually believed that,,, then well,,, you do not know your country like I do  

Anyway, this Twitter getting hacked for Bitcoin scams is getting really old. And strangely enough,,, people still fall for them. And to think that if you are on Twitter it means probably you are educated and middle class.

I guess there is no education for greed

[uneng]

Since this is already the 2nd time around that his account has been hacked, I think the security is quite weak. As servant leaders, their accounts should be well taken care of and should have high safety protocols. May this serve as a lesson to them.

That is totally right. Public personalities, especially agents of the public administration have to be extremelly careful with their social media accounts, because it is an official mean or channel of communication of the government, due to the verification seal guaranteed by the platform.

The informations posted on that profile will surely be taken into consideration by the most uneducated and naive citizens, doesn't matter how insane they are, just like this one.

I could say it was an accident if the account had been hacked once, but since it is the second time it makes me think the responsible one for the social platforms is neglecting the security protocols of his duty. That is unacceptable!

[lovemycar]

This seems to be a joke, just like the Indian Prime Minister went to the Ganges. I don't know if he is worried about the virus in the Ganges

[dezoel]

Well, I was not surprised. I believe that those who were here around last year when we experienced the Twitter hack that led to a lot of celebrities account posting all these kind of rubbish scam on their Twitter page, people who are here around that time wouldn’t be too fast to believe such news when they see it on Twitter. Because, they know very well what hackers are able to do. The last time they were able to hack lots of celebrities account which even included Barack Obama,and a lot of other celebrities more than I can count. And they used these accounts to post this same links and convinced some people to make transaction to their address.

I think they almost got $300,000 from that. But the good thing is that they were caught, so I don’t know about this one if they are really going to be caught as well. And I also hope that people never fell for it.

[virasog]

This seems to be a joke, just like the Indian Prime Minister went to the Ganges. I don't know if he is worried about the virus in the Ganges

The text written in the tweet can be considered as a joke but the hacking of a prime minister's Twitter account is no joke at all.

By the way, one thing is for sure that hackers were someone whom knew about crypto or wanted to make crypto legal in India.

[Gyfts]

Well, I was not surprised. I believe that those who were here around last year when we experienced the Twitter hack that led to a lot of celebrities account posting all these kind of rubbish scam on their Twitter page, people who are here around that time wouldn’t be too fast to believe such news when they see it on Twitter. Because, they know very well what hackers are able to do. The last time they were able to hack lots of celebrities account which even included Barack Obama,and a lot of other celebrities more than I can count. And they used these accounts to post this same links and convinced some people to make transaction to their address.

I think they almost got $300,000 from that. But the good thing is that they were caught, so I don’t know about this one if they are really going to be caught as well. And I also hope that people never fell for it.

They had internal access IIRC. Hacking one account was no less or more difficult than hacking another.

This is a bigger problem than just stealing Bitcoins, because what happens if the twitter account of a public official, like Trump (who was active at the time) gets hacked. How can international markets be effected? What about foreign policy?

I've seen negative stories about Bitcoin attached to the twitter hacks, but this is more about Twitter having poor security.

[syedakhlaque]

I was shocked to see that the Indian prime minister announced bitcoin as a legal tender in India and also giving away free bitcoin but to my disappointment it was done after his account was hacked.

PM Modi’s Twitter handle ‘briefly compromised’, bitcoin giveaway link shared

It is good news that the Indian prime minister announced bitcoin as a legal tender in India. India is a big country regarding population and land facts.This announcement will give projection & encouragement to the Bitcoin & cryptocurrency users in India.This is a very good step taken by Narendra Modi. Overall it will go in the interest & favor of the Bitcoin family. But is surprising that the Indian Prime minister's Twitter account was hacked. It shows low security on the account of the Prime Minister.

[Charles-Tim]

It is good news that the Indian prime minister announced bitcoin as a legal tender in India. India is a big country regarding population and land facts.This announcement will give projection & encouragement to the Bitcoin & cryptocurrency users in India.This is a very good step taken by Narendra Modi. Overall it will go in the interest & favor of the Bitcoin family. But is surprising that the Indian Prime minister's Twitter account was hacked. It shows low security on the account of the Prime Minister.

You are getting it wrong. The Prime Minister Twitter account was hacked, the hackers were the ones that took it to the Prime Minister Twitter account that 'India is making bitcoin a legal tender', not the Prime Minister himself. So, it was actually not true but just a possible means to scam.

[AakZaki]

This is a common thing and has been done to several big figures or artists who have many followers. Hackers took advantage of the opportunity to manipulate the price of bitcoin with tweets made. But when twitter is known to be hacked, it will have a bad impact on bitcoin prices. Currently the price of bitcoin is unstable and crashes again.