UP Chief Minister Office's Twitter Account Hacked

Twitter account of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO) 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.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Office's Twitter account hacked. pic.twitter.com/aRQyM3dqEk

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

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