PM Modi's account hacked for the second time in 14 months, keep these 10 things in mind to avoid hacking

Hacking of Twitter accounts has become very common. The Twitter handle of the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also not safe. It was hacked for a while late Saturday night. His account was also tweeted to legalize bitcoin. By the way, this is not the first time that the account of a big celebrity has been hacked. Earlier in September 2020 also, the Twitter accounts of PM Modi, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates and Elon Musk were hacked in July.

Overall your social account is not secure. Even though companies make big claims about its safety, but in the end all prove to be hollow. Now the question arises that how do these accounts get hacked? Why are many security layers like two-step verification, OTP login not able to protect them?

According to cyber security experts, hackers adopt the same method to hack any social media account. Hackers take advantage of two mistakes made by social media users.

Technical floss Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or other social media accounts. Users use all these digital platforms to connect with people both socially and professionally. Because of these two mistakes, hackers can hack the account. Firstly, if there is any kind of loophole in the application of social media, then hackers take advantage of these technical floss.

Fishing trap In this, hackers can hack people's ID in many ways. It can be understood in such a way that hackers can share phishing links with you by calling or messaging. As soon as you click on this link, you can go to the site which looks like Facebook, Twitter. On this they will ask to login. If they login under their guise, then hackers can steal the account ID and password.

To avoid hacking, it is more important for users to be alert. Avoid sharing your social media account details with anyone. If someone calls on your mobile from unknown number and asks for OTP, then do not give it. Watch out for phishing links. Only click on a link that is authentic. Companies should also keep their applications regularly tested and audited and infrastructure testing done by IT professionals.