New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department's (IMD) Twitter account was restored after it got hacked on Saturday.
The account was restored after a few hours, IMD Tweeted.
"Official Twitter account (@Indiametdept) of India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been hacked about an hour ago. All the tweets from this account should be ignored till its restoration," the IMD said in a statement issued on Saturday night.
After hacking the Twitter account, the hackers then put up a tweet directed toward Non-Fungible Token (NFT) traders.
"Official Twitter account (@Indiametdept) of India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been hacked about an hour ago. All the tweets from this account should be ignored till its restoration," the hackers tweeted.
Along with this, the profile picture had been removed and several tweets were put out tagging multiple handles.
While earlier tweets from the handle were no longer visible on Saturday night, images tweeted by the IMD, including a list of maximum temperatures at different weather stations on Friday, were visible.
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