PM Modi's twitter handle 'briefly compromised', claims India adopted Bitcoin as legal tender

New Delhi: The personal twitter handle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "very briefly compromised", his office said in the wee hours of Sunday.

The account, however, was immediately secured, after it was apprised to the twitter.

In a tweet, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said, "The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured."

The hackers put out a tweet from PM Modi's handle claiming that India has "officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender".

Modi, who is very popular on social media, has over 73 million followers in his personal twitter handle. (Inputs from UNI)