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Hacker Breaks Into Prime Minister’s Twitter Account, Tells 73 Million Followers India’s Switching to Bitcoin

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The message appeared on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account before being swiftly deleted.

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A mischief-maker somehow hacked into the prime minister of India’s Twitter account and declared to his 73 million followers that the nation was formally adopting bitcoin as its currency.

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