Punjab Police Official Twitter account hacked, spam links posted

Lahore – The official Twitter account of the Punjab police, which goes by the name of DPRPP Official, has been hacked, a spokesperson for the law enforcers confirmed on the micro-blogging platform earlier today.
The hacked account has nearly a million followers, while hackers shared piles of tweets in a few hours and also changed the user name to Pʋmp.
Meanwhile, an official complaint has been lodged with the cybercrime department of the Federal Investigation Agency.

Last month, Pakistan Embassy Serbia’s Twitter was hacked after it shared a tweet against the incumbent government.
The spokesperson, on another account, said: “Punjab Police’s official Twitter account @DDPROfficial has been hacked.”

پنجاب پولیس کا سوشل میڈیا پر آفیشل اکاؤنٹ DDPROfficial ہیک کر لیا گیا ہے۔سوشل میڈیا صارفین اور فالورز سے گزارش ہے کہ آفیشل اکاؤنٹ کی بحالی تک پنجاب پولیس اپ ڈیٹس کو استعمال کیا جائے گا۔ pic.twitter.com/9DbiqsFR4n

— Punjab Police (Updates) (@PunjabPoliceCPO) January 21, 2022

The spokesperson asked social media users to follow the new account “@PunjabPoliceCPO” for future updates till the old handle was restored.