Air India s Twitter handle briefly hacked, restored

New Delhi March 15 (IANS) Hackers broke into the Air India s official Twitter account in early hours on Thursday posting messages in Turkish language including flight cancellation announcements.

The hackers changed the official handle @airindiain to @airindiaTR.

"Last minute important announcement. All our flights have been cancelled. From now on we will fly with Turkish Airlines " read one of the messages from the hackers.

The official Air India handle was later restored.

The group "I ayyAldAzt" claimed to be a Turkish Cypriot Army on their Twitter handle.

"Your account has been hacked by the Turkish cyber army Ayyildiz Tim. Your DM correspondence and important data have been captured " read another tweet before the official Air India Twitter handle was restored.

Air India has 1 46 000 followers on Twitter.

--IANS
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