Twitter account of UP Chief Minister's Office restored

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath  (ANI)Premium
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath  (ANI)
1 min read . Updated: 09 Apr 2022, 07:11 AM IST Livemint

The unidentified hackers also posted a thread of some random tweets on the UP CMO account. 

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The Twitter account of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO) was restored after it was hacked on Saturday.

UP CMO (@CMOfficeUP) Twitter account has four million followers at present.

The breach came to light when unknown hackers used the UP CMO Twitter handle to publish a post based on a tutorial called "How to turn your BAYC/MAYC animated on Twitter". In addition, a cartoonist picture was used as a profile picture on the UP CMO account.

The unidentified hackers also posted a thread of some random tweets on the UP CMO account. 

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