Syed Akbaruddin, PTI file photo
Syed Akbaruddin, PTI file photo
The Twitter account of Syed Akbaruddin, India's permanent representative to the UN, was hacked on Sunday.
The unidentified hackers, suspected to be based overseas, posted two pictures and a video, and changed the name of Akbaruddin's twitter account from @AkbaruddinIndia to @AkbaruddinSyed.
After the hack was noticed, the handle was breifly blocked by Twitter.
The account was later restored by the micro-blogging site which also launched a probe.
"I'm back. It will take more than a hack to keep me down. Thanks to Twitter India and many others who helped," Akbaruddin said in a tweet.
Netizens noticed the cyber attack and retweeted the two photos and the video posted from Akbaruddin's hacked account.
One picture was of Pakistan's President Mamnoon Hussain and the other one showed the flags of Turkey and Pakistan.
The video song of Bollywood actor Raj Kapoor's "Awara Hoon" was also posted by the hackers.