After Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s twitter account was hacked for 66 minutes last night, it was again hacked this morning. Besides his account, Congress party’s verified Twitter account was also hacked this morning posting abusive tweets shaming the party.
Expletives-laden tweets were posted on the party’s official handle @INCIndia. Confirming the development, Gandhi’s office said efforts were being made to rectify the problem.
Taking to micro-blogging site, Congress party’s chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said, “@INCIndia hacked by lumpen fascists. Free speech & right to disagree in India is under attack by licensed trolls. First @OfficeOfRG & now @INCIndia hacked by lumpen fascists. Free speech & right to disagree in India is under attack by licensed trolls.”
The Congress has, meanwhile, filed a complaint with the Cyber cell of Delhi Police on the hacking of its Vice President’s twitter account. The complaint was filed by Surjewala, demanding strict action against those behind the hacking.
After the hacking, Congress raised questions on the digital safety of all Indians and said it reflects disturbing insecurities of the prevalent “fascist culture” in the country. Congress party is likely to raise the issue of hacking of verified twitter accounts of Rahul Gandhi and Congress in both the houses of the parliament.
Taking a serious note of the hacking, Surjewala asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seriously ponder over ‘Digital India’, ‘Cashless India’ and online payments. He questioned “if you cannot protect a private platform for conversation of crores of the people of India, how can you ever protect them from being hacked in terms of their ‘financial money’ is also a question that the people of India need to think and ponder over.”