NEW DELHI: The Twitter handle of the Union information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry was compromised for a brief period on Wednesday as its name was changed to that of entrepreneur Elon Musk temporarily before it was restored.
“The account @Mib_india has been restored. This is for the information of all the followers,” the ministry, tweeted after the account was restored.
The posts, all of them about Tesla boss Elon Musk disappeared about half an hour after they first appeared.
"Great job. New Year event," the hacked tweet said.
It also retweeted a post by Elon Musk's verified handle that criticised a solar tax move in California.
"Bizarre anti-environment move by government of California," Elon Musk had tweeted, which the hacked handle of the Ministry retweeted.
The ministry has not commented on the incident yet.