Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was ‘briefly compromised’, informed Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday. Suspicion grew after a tweet claiming that India has "officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender" was hosted by his official handle.
The Prime Minister's Office later said the account was immediately secured after the matter was escalated to Twitter. Hours after Prime Minister’s Twitter account was hacked and restored, the micro blogging site clarified “it had investigated the matter and it appeared that the account “was not compromised due to any breach of Twitter’s systems”.
The Twitter spokesperson said that they have 24X7 open lines of communication with the PM's Office and their teams took necessary steps to secure the compromised account as soon as they became aware of this activity. He also informed that investigation has revealed that there are no signs of any other impacted accounts at this time.
The Quad leaders committed to working closely with partners and the region to drive public and private investment to bridge gaps. To achieve this, Quad will seek to extend more than USD 50 billion of infrastructure assistance and investment in the Indo-Pacific, over the next five years, the statement said.
"Preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested terrorist associates were involved in providing shelter, logistics and transportation of arms/ ammunition to two active terrorists of proscribed terror outfit JeM namely Asif Sheikh resident of Monghama and Ajaz Bhat resident of Syedabad Pastuna Tral."
Earlier, the Prime Minister's Office tweeted that Modi and Albanese held fruitful discussions in Tokyo. "The talks focused on deepening the developmental cooperation between India and Australia across diverse sectors, it tweeted.
Earlier, the two leaders attended the Quad summit along with US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The Quad leaders committed to working closely with partners and the region to drive public and private investment to bridge gaps. To achieve this, Quad will seek to extend more than USD 50 billion of infrastructure assistance and investment in the Indo-Pacific, over the next five years, the statement said.
"Preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested terrorist associates were involved in providing shelter, logistics and transportation of arms/ ammunition to two active terrorists of proscribed terror outfit JeM namely Asif Sheikh resident of Monghama and Ajaz Bhat resident of Syedabad Pastuna Tral."
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