Twitter handle of statistics ministry hacked briefly; name and display photo changed to Elon Musk

On Thursday afternoon the Twitter handle of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation appears to be have been briefly compromised, with its display name and display photo changed to that of the Tesla chief Elon Musk.

The account has been recovered after sometime and the ministry said that any post or reply from the account on Thursday till 3 pm are neither related to MoSPI nor on behalf of the Ministry.

“It is to inform to all concerned that certain cyber security issues were noticed in the MoSPI Twitter account @GoIStats on today. Any post & reply pushed / posted from this account on today till 3.00 PM are neither related to MoSPI nor on behalf of the Ministry,” Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation tweeted after the recovery of their Twitter handle.

Statistics Ministry’s account hacking comes a little over two months after the Twitter handle of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was hacked briefly changing the name of the page to Elon Musk.