Sunday, December 07, 2025 | 08:39 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

PM's personal Twitter account hacked, company says investigation underway

The account is linked to Modi's personal website narendramodi.in and has around 2.5 million followers since it was created in May 2011

Twitter
premium

A snapshot of the tweet posted by the hacker.

Sai Ishwar Mumbai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal account on micro-blogging website Twitter was briefly hacked on Thursday. It was confirmed by the social media giant.

The account was hacked by a group called John Wick during the wee hours of Thursday. John Wick posted tweets urging followers to make donations to ‘PM National Relief Fund for Covid-19' through cryptocurrency. 

The account is linked to Modi's personal website narendramodi.in and has around 61.8 million followers since it was created in May 2011.

"According to our investigation this was not due to a compromise of Twitter's systems or service. There is no indication or evidence of any