{"id":9399,"date":"2021-12-12T05:28:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T05:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamslivenews.com\/?p=9399"},"modified":"2021-12-12T05:28:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T05:28:28","slug":"early-morning-pm-modis-twitter-account-was-hacked-for-10-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2021\/12\/early-morning-pm-modis-twitter-account-was-hacked-for-10-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Early morning, PM Modi&#8217;s Twitter account was hacked for 10 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Twitter account was &#8220;very briefly compromised&#8221; in the wee hours of Sunday morning, but restored shortly after.<\/h2>\n<p>During the time the account was compromised, a tweet was sent falsely saying, &#8220;India has officially adopted bitcoin as a legal tender. 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