After Twitter accounts of several eminent personalities including former US president Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates were hacked, the Maharashtra Cybersecurity issued an advisory and urged people to be alert and not trust content posted on social media handles blindly.

Elaborating on the account hacking incident, the Maharashtra Cybersecurity said that there could be a possibility that the hackers could try and gain access to prominent Indian Twitter profiles in a similar fashion. In times of the pandemic, any such hacking incident can cause widespread rumors and lead to chaos, the report stated.