Cybersecurity
Govt of Punjab’s official X account hacked; posts reading “i hate Pakistan” and crypto links
The official X (formerly Twitter) account of the Government of Punjab was briefly compromised at about 1:00 p.m. (PKT) today, during which the profile published an abusive post reading “i hate Pakistan” along with several posts linking to cryptocurrency schemes.…
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