Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V. Senthil Balaji Twitter account hacked; crypto scam
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On Sunday, an unknown gang hacked the official Twitter account of the Electricity Minister of Tamil Nadu, V. Senthil Balaji.
After the hack, the name of the Twitter account was changed to “Variorius”. It was hacked roughly around 2 am and three messages have been posted so far on the Twitter handle, among which two were related to cryptocurrencies.
According to the first message which was posted at 2:09 am, DMK has developed its own crypto wallet and sought the support of DMK supporters. In the next tweet posted at 2:16 am, it read that to help people who are fighting covid-19, we would like to collect $1 million.
அனைவருக்கும் வணக்கம், எங்கள் கட்சி அதன் சொந்த கிரிப்டோ வாலட்டை உருவாக்கியுள்ளது. இன்று, முன்னெப்போதையும் விட, ஆற்றல் வளர்ச்சியில் உங்கள் உதவி எங்களுக்குத் தேவை. pic.twitter.com/QBSSLoHfh5
— Variorius (@V_Senthilbalaji) September 3, 2022
கோவிட் 19 உடன் போராடும் மக்களுக்கு உதவ $1 மில்லியன் திரட்ட விரும்புகிறோம்!
— Variorius (@V_Senthilbalaji) September 3, 2022
In the third tweet which was posted at 2:20 am, it read that they had created the crypto wallet to donate the money to Help India.
But after the third tweet, there has been no update and many DMK supporters have tagged Tamil Nadu Police and Cybercrime to take action. The account is yet to be recovered.
எனவே நாங்கள் கிரிப்டோ பணப்பைகளை உருவாக்கினோம். அனைத்து பணமும் ஹெல்பிண்டியா நிறுவனத்திற்கு அனுப்பப்படும்
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உதவிக்கான கிரிப்டோ முகவரிகள். pic.twitter.com/tBRkmOUBib— Variorius (@V_Senthilbalaji) September 3, 2022
Meanwhile, the Twitterati also pointed out that there is already an anonymous account named Variorius (Retired) existing which belongs to a right-winger and is followed by many TN politicians associated with right-wing ideologies such as AP Muruganandham, General Secretary of TN BJP, DT NEXT reports.
