Odisha: Puri district administration’s official Twitter handle hacked

Puri: The official Twitter handle of Puri district administration in Odisha was hacked by some hackers, possibly from China, today.

The incident came to light in the afternoon when an official in the Collectorate tried to post something on the official Twitter handle of Puri district administration, sources said.

Upon clicking the Twitter account @Puri_Official, it showed Yin Yang Gang.

After hacking the account, the hackers reportedly retweeted several official tweets of Puri district administration and posted some cartoon pictures.

Puri Collector Samarth Verma has directed the IT cell to probe the incident, sources said.