Indian Prime Minister's Twitter account hacked with a tweet about Bitcoin

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal Twitter account has been hacked with a message saying that India has adopted Bitcoin as legal tender and will distribute it to all citizens.

The tweet was quickly deleted, and Modi's office said the account was hacked for a very brief period.

This is the second time that Modi's Twitter account has been hacked.

The Indian Prime Minister uses Twitter widely, with more than 61 million followers.

The text of the deleted tweet reads that the Indian government has officially purchased 500 bitcoins and is "distributing them to all residents of the country".

Last year, Modi's official account was hacked, and a tweet was sent urging people to donate to a fake coronavirus relief fund.

Twitter said at the time that it was aware of the activity and took steps to secure the hacked account.

"We are seriously investigating the incident. At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts affected by the hack," a Twitter spokeswoman told the BBC in an emailed statement.

Modi has two Twitter accounts, personal (with more than 61 million followers) and his own official as Prime Minister of India (with more than 45 million followers).

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