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By Press Trust of India | Updated: 18 July 2020 18:49 IST

Government Issues Notice to Twitter After Recent Hack

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CERT-In has asked for no.of Indian s to have visited malicious tweets
The cybersecurity firm asked whether affected s were informed
The government has also demanded information of vulnerability exploited

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India's cybersecurity nodal agency CERT-In has issued a notice to Twitter asking the micro-blogging platform for full details of the recent global hack targeting high-profile s, as it sought complete information on number of Indian s affected as well as impact on data, a source said.

The source privy to the development told PTI that CERT-In has also asked Twitter for information on number of s from India who have visited the malicious tweets and links, and whether the affected s have been informed by the platform about unauthorised access to their Twitter s.

The government has also demanded information of vulnerability exploited by attackers and modus operandi of the attack and sought details of remedial actions taken by Twitter to mitigate the impact of the hacking incident. Twitter was not immediately available for comments.

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Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) swung into action after reports that hackers gained access to Twitter's systems to hack s of many global corporate leaders, politicians, celebrities and businesses.

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