Bengaluru: Minister of Large and Medium Industries, Murugesh Nirani said on Tuesday September 21 that his Twitter account had been hacked from a foreign location.
In a statement he said, “My Twitter handle @NiraniMurugesh has been hacked from an unknown foreign location today. We do not know the exact origin and identity of the culprit.”
He also urged people to not to fall prey to any fraudulent messages posted by hackers and ignore any derogatory and unparliamentary messages on his account.
“We have filed a complaint with Twitter and will soon file with the Bengaluru Cyber Cell Police,” the minister said.
He added that he is making efforts to retrieve the Twitter account. The Minister also said his Facebook account was hacked recently and money was demanded through it.