Police’s Twitter handle hacked, probe initiated

In a bizarre incident, the Twitter handle of the Delhi traffic police was hacked for a few minutes on Tuesday night. However, it was later restored and a probe was initiated in the matter, a senior traffic police official said on Wednesday. According to the police, around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, a couple of messages were posted from the Twitter handle of the traffic police. One of the messages read: “Message me at Twitter. Com/ justinformentin if you’d like to know how to fix this! ( sic).” Another message read: “Not a Traffic Alert. Justin Forementin is tweeting on the Delhi Traffic Police Twitter. Hey guys! ( sic).” The officer said the Twitter handle was hacked for a brief period but the password was changed within minutes and it was restored. “We have forwarded a complaint to the deputy commissioner of police, Cyber Cell and they have launched a probe to identify the hackers,” he added.