Rahul Gandhi's account hacked: Party blames Twitter for being weak on right wing trolls
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account was hacked on Wednesday evening. The hackers posted abusive tweets and changed Gandhi's Twitter profile. It took a couple of hours for the account to be restored.
The Congress has condemned the hacking of Gandhi's account. The party's media in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala termed the hacking a "sinister concept to abuse and intimidate".
Such unscrupulous,unethical&roguish conduct of venal trolls 2hack @OfficeOfRG reflects disturbing insecurities of prevalent fascist culture
— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) November 30, 2016
Pre-meditated hacking of @OfficeOfRG smacks of a sinister conspiracy to abuse & intimidate.It stregthens our resolve to fight for the Nation
— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) November 30, 2016
Hacking of@OfficeofRG proves lack of Digital safety around each one of us. Every digital info can be accessed, altered, morphed & modified.
— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) November 30, 2016
Congress sources reveal that the Gandhi's office have taken up this matter with the Twitter India management. They say that this isn't just about Gandhi's account but about security against cyber bullying by right wing trolls.
The party's social media team have blamed Twitter for being unresponsive and slow in restoring the account. Gaurav Pandhi, who is party of the Congress digital team, didn't mince his words in criticising Twitter.
Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account hacked, password & details changed & @Raheelk wasn't accessible & now @Twitter is appearing helpless. Really?
— Gaurav Pandhi (@GauravPandhi) November 30, 2016
Is this the shit that Twitter is where you are not able to control the services when it is being misused by bigots @Raheelk @twitter?
— Gaurav Pandhi (@GauravPandhi) November 30, 2016
Tomorrow anyone's account gets hacked and folks from @twitter are inaccessible and then your team is unable to get back account @Raheelk?
— Gaurav Pandhi (@GauravPandhi) November 30, 2016
First published: 30 November 2016, 11:21 ISTIf sr political leader like Rahul Gandhi's a/c gets hacked, it's the responsibility of @twitter services to get it back immediately @Raheelk
— Gaurav Pandhi (@GauravPandhi) November 30, 2016
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