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Meghwal's Twitter account hacked

Twitter account of Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal was hacked today and some undesirable contents were posted on the micro-blogging site by unidentified hackers.

January 17, 2017 / 19:58 IST

Twitter account of Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal was hacked today and some undesirable contents were posted on the micro-blogging site by unidentified hackers.

"Someone has hacked into my Twitter account & posted undesirable content. Complaint has been lodged," Meghwal, later, said in a tweet through his handle @arjunrammeghwal.

The Minister, who joined the popular social networking platform in March 2011, has nearly 32,000 followers.

Last year, Twitter account of Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian was also hacked.

first published: Jan 17, 2017 07:56 pm

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