I&B Ministry's Twitter account compromised; control restored after few minutes

The Twitter account of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was briefly compromised on Wednesday morning, informed the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. However, the account was restored after a few minutes, confirmed Kanchan Gupta, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Also Read | PTC Vichar Taqrar: AAP leaders revolt against party over ticket allotment to turncoats; watch full episode "The account @Mib_india has been restored. This is for the information of all the followers," tweeted the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. "Alert The account @Mib_india was compromised for a brief while. It has been restored," tweeted Gupta. The hackers renamed the Ministry's account as 'Elon Musk' and posted some tweets which were later deleted. Also Read | Assembly Election 2022 Highlights: Election Commission announces schedule for elections in Punjab, 4 other states  -PTC News