This Article is From Apr 09, 2022

Weather Department's Twitter Handle Hacked

The hacking comes at a time when the IMD Twitter handle has been attracting a lot of traffic due to the ongoing intense heatwave in parts of India.

Advertisement
India News

It was not immediately clear who was behind the hacking of the IMD Twitter handle. (Representational)

New Delhi:

The India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Twitter handle was hacked on Saturday evening and efforts were on to restore it, officials said.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the hacking.

This comes at a time when the IMD handle has been attracting a lot of traffic due to the ongoing intense heatwave in parts of India.

"The Twitter handle has been hacked and we are trying to restore it," IMD Director-General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Advertisement
Advertisement