Twitter account of PM Modi's personal website hacked; hacker identifies himself as 'John Wick'

In the early hours of Thursday, the Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website and mobile app was hacked, the micro-blogging site informed. Twitter said that it has taken "steps to secure the compromised account" and is "actively investigating" the situation.

"We are actively investigating the situation. At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts being impacted," a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement.

PM Modi's website that goes by the handle @narednramodi_in has 2.5 million followers and 37,000 tweets since it was created in May 2011.

The account after being hacked reportedly posted tweets, asking its followers to donate to the PM National Relief Fund through cryptocurrency. The said tweets have been taken down now.

"I appeal to you all to donate generously to PM National Relief Fund for Covid-19, Now India begin with crypto currency, Kindly donate eth to 0xae073DB1e5752faFF169B1eded7E8E947f80Be6," the hacker had tweeted.

After suspicious tweets, when asked by twitterati if the account is hacked, the hacker posted a tweet admitting and identifying himself as John Wick -- a fictional character played by Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves.

The incident comes after several accounts of renowned personalities including reality star Kim Kardashian, former US vice-president Joe Biden, former US president Barack Obama among others were hacked in July.

Twitter had then revealed that personal information including DMs of at least 25 people were accessed by the hacker.