Twitter accounts of Anupam Kher, Indian MP hacked by Turkish group

Twitter accounts of notable Indian personalities including; veteran actor Anupam Kher, senior journalist Ram Madhav and Rajya Sabha Presidential Nominee Swapan Dasgupta were hacked on Tuesday, as reported by the Indian media.

The hackers posted messages in Turkish and at the end wrote pro-Pakistan messages from the accounts of these notable personalities.

It was found out that the accounts were compromised allegedly by a Turkish group that calls itself the Turkish Cyber Army or ‘Ayyildiz Tim’. This is the same group which reportedly targeted supporters of US President Donald Trump earlier in January.

Initially when pro-Pakistan messages were seen from Kher’s account, everyone was shocked. However, it did not take long to figure out that his account had been hacked.

Kher, 62, is currently in Los Angeles and when contacted about the incident, he revealed that he had found out about the hacking through friends at home.

“My Twitter account has been hacked. Just got a few calls from friends in India about it. I am in LA and it is 1 am,” Kher told Press Trust of Indiavia text message.

He says he has flagged the incident to Twitter. Several screenshots and a now deleted tweet on Kher’s handle are circulating on social media, showing a tweet in Turkish and ending with the words ‘I love Pakistan.’
Kher, whose wife Kirron, who is also a famous Bollywood actor, is a BJP member of Parliament from Chandigarh, also had her account hacked.

Kher’s account has now been recovered but the accounts of several other personalities remain suspended.

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