After Rahul, Cong Twitter a/c hacked

RAHUL TAKES ON ‘HATERS’

NEW DELHI: The Congress website and Twitter handle were hacked on Thursday, a day after hackers infiltrated party vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s account on the popular social networking site and sent out a barrage of expletive-laden messages.

Information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad assured the matter is being looked into very seriously.

“We are seeking the details of all those who logged in that Twitter account in the past one week to probe it further,” he said.

His assurance came after cyber Rahul Gandhi posted from his @Officeofrg: “To everyone of you haters out there: I love all of you. You’re beautiful. Your hatred just doesn’t let you see it yet.”

criminals attacked the main opposition party’s Twitter handle, @ Incindia, website and servers, and threatened to publish private emails of Congress members. The posts were quickly deleted.

“We sincerely hope the Modi

government will move expeditiously to not only probe and punish the guilty but also revisit the issue of digital safety,” Congress’s chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said.

The party filed a set of complaints with the cyber cell of Delhi police.

The cyber cell of economic offences wing of Delhi police registered two separate FIRS under Section 66 of the IT law. Teams have been formed to investigate the hacking and Twitter was asked to provide log details of both accounts.

“We are taking help from officials in Twitter in Bengaluru,” joint commissioner of police Deependra Pathak said.

Though the Twitter handles of the Congress and Gandhi were restored, the party’s website continued to be down till late Thursday night.