Lucknow, April 9: The Twitter account of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO) was restored after it was hacked on Saturday. UP CMO (@CMOfficeUP) Twitter account has four million followers at present.

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The breach came to light when unknown hackers used the UP CMO Twitter handle to publish a post based on a tutorial called "How to turn your BAYC/MAYC animated on Twitter". In addition, a cartoonist picture was used as a profile picture on the UP CMO account. Jammu and Kashmir: LeT Terrorist Killed in Ongoing Encounter in Kulgam.

The unidentified hackers also posted a thread of some random tweets on the UP CMO account. (ANI)

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