SRINAGAR: J&K Police cybercrime cell registered an FIR on Sunday after discovering a faux Twitter account within the identify of J&Okay lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha. Hackers might use the account to unfold misinformation and set off chaos among the many plenty throughout this Covid pandemic, police stated.
SP Cyber Police Tahir Ashraf confirmed the case of Sinha’s faux account, including, “Now we have directed cybercrime officers to accentuate their vigil.”
Hackers might additionally attempt to acquire entry to distinguished Twitter customers in a similar way, cops added. Related faux accounts of some senior officers got here to the fore just lately. “Residents needs to be alert and never blindly belief any tweet,” the officer added.
To forestall netizens from falling prey to hackers, he warned them towards blindly believing content material posted on social media platforms and suggested them to first decide if the knowledge is genuine.
The SP additionally urged individuals to not flow into posts which can appear ambiguous or these selling hate speech and violence. “Now we have requested different social media platforms to be looking out for related circumstances (of pretend accounts) and inform the cyber cell in case of a safety breach,” he added.
SP Cyber Police Tahir Ashraf confirmed the case of Sinha’s faux account, including, “Now we have directed cybercrime officers to accentuate their vigil.”
Hackers might additionally attempt to acquire entry to distinguished Twitter customers in a similar way, cops added. Related faux accounts of some senior officers got here to the fore just lately. “Residents needs to be alert and never blindly belief any tweet,” the officer added.
To forestall netizens from falling prey to hackers, he warned them towards blindly believing content material posted on social media platforms and suggested them to first decide if the knowledge is genuine.
The SP additionally urged individuals to not flow into posts which can appear ambiguous or these selling hate speech and violence. “Now we have requested different social media platforms to be looking out for related circumstances (of pretend accounts) and inform the cyber cell in case of a safety breach,” he added.
