Delhi Traffic Police Twitter handle hacked for few minutes
What's the story
The official Twitter handle of Delhi Traffic Police was hacked for a few minutes last night, following which it was restored and a probe was initiated in the matter, a senior police officer said today.
The officer said that the Twitter handle was hacked for a brief period but the password was changed within minutes and it was restored.
Here's more.
Hacking
Hacking came to light with messages posted by the hacker
At around 11.30 pm yesterday, a couple of messages were posted from the Twitter handle of the Delhi Traffic Police. One of the messages read: "Message me at Twitter.com/justinformentin if you'd like to know how to fix this! (sic)."
Another message read: "Not a Traffic Alert. Justin Forementin is tweeting on the Delhi Traffic Police Twitter. Hey guys! (sic)."
Information
Probe has been launched by the Cyber Cell
The police officer said that they have forwarded a complaint to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cyber Cell, and the latter has launched a probe to identify the hackers.