News agency PTI’s twitter account hacked; restored

New Delhi, February 1

The twitter account of Press Trust of India (PTI) was hacked on Wednesday evening by a group which called itself 'Iran Crack Security team' but was restored within minutes.

The hackers changed the profile picture of the account -- @PTI_News -- and sent out tweets such as "Best channel in the telegram join to channel and learn something news" (sic).

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The account was hacked around 7.30 pm and was restored around 7.50 pm.

Later, PTI put out a tweet saying, "Between 7:30 PM & 7.50 PM, PTI Twitter account was hacked. PTI not responsible for any messages that could have appeared in that period."

In the past some months, twitter accounts of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and that of the Congress party were also hacked.

Hackers had also targeted websites of the National Green Tribunal and National Security Guard recently. — Agencies