The Twitter account of Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthil Balaji was briefly hacked on Sunday as it was showing a different display name, and requested people to make use of crypto currencies.
The account of the Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise has over two lakh followers and that was restored later in the day.
T.R.B. Rajaa, the DMK MLA and son of veteran party leader and DMK MP T.R. Baalu, said, "Minister Senthil Balaji's personal twitter handle has been hacked supposedly using malware." "We have written to @twitterIndia regarding the same and hope the issue will be resolved as soon as possible," he said in a tweet.
