Foreign minister Saifuddin says his Telegram account hacked too
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah in announcing the matter via a Twitter post said the party which hacked his account had also abused his name and picture through the application. — Bernama
Tuesday, 09 Aug 2022 12:06 AM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 — The Telegram account of Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah was tonight hacked by irresponsible parties several hours after the personal Telegram account of the prime minister was hit.
Saifuddin in announcing the matter via a Twitter post said the party which hacked his account had also abused his name and picture through the application.
“Whoever receives any message from my Telegram has been advised to ignore and report them to the authorities,” according to the tweet.
This evening, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said his Telegram account had been hacked by irresponsible parties and asked members of the public to ignore messages from the account. — Bernama
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kt comments:
No big deal lah. Even then-PM Najib had his private conversation with his wife and staff taped, and worse, even publicly revealed by MACC's Latheefa Koya without any concern for or about national security issues. Years back, Najib's SMS account was also obtained by unknown parties.
Telegram is supposed to be quite secure compared to other social media, because it does not store its messages on any central server.
ReplyDeleteSaifuddin likely used some easily guessed password, or some other App on his phone was hacked, allowing his personal data to be hijacked.