Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal Twitter account was "briefly compromised", his office said on Saturday, after the account shared a scam link promising a bitcoin giveaway, NDTV reported.

"The Twitter handle of PM Narendra Modi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured. In the brief period that the account was compromised, any Tweet shared must be ignored," PMO India tweeted.


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