The official Twitter account of the chief commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Gaurav Gupta was hacked for a few hours on Friday morning. The hacker changed the display picture and name on the Twitter account from ‘Gaurav Gupta’ to ‘TΣSLA’ and posted a few tweets on cryptocurrency. The name of the account was later changed to ‘–’. Later the day, the BBMP commissioner twitter account was retrieved, BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta said in a tweet. “Hello, this is to inform you all that my official Twitter account @BBMPCOMM that was hacked this morning has been retrieved. We've asked Cybercrime for an enquiry on the violation & have taken steps to prevent recurrence. Look forward to interacting with you on issues of B'luru,” Gaurav Gupta tweeted. Hello, this is to inform you all that my official Twitter account @BBMPCOMM that was hacked this morning has been retrieved. We've asked Cybercrime for an enquiry on the violation & have taken steps to prevent recurrence. Look forward to interacting with you on issues of B'luru. pic.twitter.com/bzOYCC5jLj — Gaurav Gupta (@BBMPCOMM) June 4, 2021 Earlier, BBMP sources had confirmed to Indianexpress.com of the hack and said that they were in the process to retrieve the account. Speaking to Indianexpress.com, a BBMP official had said, “We have got in touch with the external agency which is handling BBMP commissioner’s Twitter handle and they are rectifying the issue. The BBMP commissioner has also been informed about the incident." The official said that a few years back the same account was hacked but immediately retrieved. One of the tweets posted by the hacker read, “Our mission is to advance humanity by solving the world's hardest problems! We want to thank our supporters and also help crypto mass adoption. 5000 BTC will be distributed among everyone who takes part in this event!! 1- Retweet 2-Join here: ” Now all such tweets have been deleted by the agency handling the account. BBMP commissioner's account actively tweets on Covid-19 awareness, lockdown guidelines among other things.
