Maha Cyber Cell issues advisory after massive Twitter hack; asks users to be cautious

Maharashtra Cyber Cell on Friday issued an official visory asking social media users to remain vigilant in backdrop of massive cyberattack on Twitter yesterday. Maharashtra's Cyber Cell which is also state's dal ncy for cybersecurity and crime investigation urged users to remain cautious and t blindly trust content posted on social media. investigation team furr asked users to refrain from sharing and circulating posts which y may feel are fake or those which promote hate speech.

"Do t blindly trust content posted on social media platforms. Take your time to determine if content posted is truthful or lie. Do t spre or furr circulate any posts that seems like fake news or rumours or promoting hate speech and any kind of violence," visory said.

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Twitter hacked by Bitcoin scammers

On June 16, a number of high-profile celebrities with verified Twitter accounts fell prey to Bitcoin hackers in one of Twitter's worst security breaches in its history. Accounts of prominent personalities along likes of Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Joe Biden, were hacked by Bitcoin scammers, who circulated spam messs from ir profiles asking people to donate money to a Bitcoin wallet dress embedded as a link. 

Twitter Inc said that it believes hacking was a coordinated “social engineering attack” as y successfully targeted some of employees with access to internal systems and tools. hackers used access to take control of many highly-visible and verified accounts and tweet on ir behalf.  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reportedly leing probe into attack on Twitter. According to media reports, over $100,000 worth of Bitcoins was scammed from users during security attack.

(With inputs from ANI)

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