Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s authoritative X societal media relationship was compromised connected Sunday, with hackers streaming visuals bearing the nationalist flags of Pakistan and Turkey.
An authoritative from the Deputy CM’s bureau said they instantly informed the cyber-crime team. “We alerted the cyber-crime portion immediately. The squad handling the Deputy CM’s grip managed to retrieve power successful astir 30 to 45 minutes,” the authoritative said.
Raising concerns implicit cyber information successful Maharashtra, erstwhile State Congress president Nana Patole said the breach was “shocking” and demanded answers from the Home Department. “Today, a shocking incidental took spot successful which the X relationship of the State’s Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was hacked. If the societal media accounts of specified important Ministers successful the State cannot beryllium secured, past what astir the cyber information of the communal citizens? This question volition decidedly beryllium asked by the Gen-Z procreation of Maharashtra today.”
He added, “The hacking of the Deputy Chief Minister’s relationship raises a large question people connected the information of the State’s Home Department. Who volition instrumentality work for this? What factual mechanics does the authorities person for the cyber extortion of citizens? The Home Department should springiness a wide reply to this.”
Pointing to the precocious announced ‘golden data’ scheme, Mr. Patole said, “The authorities has precocious announced the instauration of a ‘golden data’ scheme. But erstwhile the accounts of authorities officials themselves are not secure, the question of however beardown the information of authorities websites and authorities information becomes much serious.”
