The Madhya Pradesh governor’s Twitter account, Raj Bhavan, was hacked and used to promote a bogus XRP airdrop. As a result, the Indian official became another victim of attackers actively flooding the social community with bogus advertisements featuring Ripple, the crypto firm that uses XRP, and its CEO, Brad Garlinghouse.
The hack appears to have occurred less than 12 hours ago. At that point, the hackers had launched several dozen tweets selling the rip-off on behalf of an Indian official, a few of which had already received many views.
Surprisingly, in early February, the account of another official, this time from France, was also hacked to promote a phony XRP airdrop from Ripple. Previously, the performance of the Indian embassy in Oman was also caught in a similar situation. This implies that officers’ reports and those who manage them do not adequately consider security & authentication, making them easy prey for hackers.
Twitter cryptocurrency disaster
Previously, new Twitter CEO Elon Musk declared war on bots, particularly prevalent in the social network’s crypto sector. Their number appears to have decreased since his arrival, but there are still many of them. At the same period, there have recently been rumors that two-factor authentication on Twitter will become a paid service, which many believe is strange.
