As per the advisory analysis, the hacked twitter profiles tweeted about cryptocurrency scam but it is likely that such incidents can be used for malicious intents like spreading fake news and misinformation.

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The advisory further said that the hackers could use such an incident to spread fake news and misinformation among people. "Citizens should be alert and not blindly trust any tweet," the advisory said.

After hacking accounts of prominent personalities, the attackers posted tweets that appeared to promote a cryptocurrency scam. The fake tweets offered to send USD 2,000 for every USD 1,000 sent to an anonymous Bitcoin address. Taking cognisance of the matter Twitter's support team said, "We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools."

The Maharashtra Cybersecurity has asked Twitter to inform them about any cybersecurity breach that may target Indian Twitter users and prominent Indian Twitter profiles. Furthermore, the Maharashtra Cybersecurity has appealed people to not fall for cryptocurrency scams which are on a widespread on social media.

Precautions to follow as per Maharashtra Cyber team:

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