(ANSA) - NEW DELHI, 12 DEC - The Twitter account of the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, who has about 73 million followers, has been pirated with the fake news that India has adopted Bitcoin as its official currency. The hacker tweet announced that "India has officially adopted Bitcoin as legal currency. The government has officially bought 500Btc and is distributing it to the population."
The hacked message was quickly deleted, also because it contained a scam link.
The episode comes at a time when the Nuova Delhi government is preparing to present a bill to ban Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies, while creating the preconditions for the launch of a national e-money, controlled by the Indian central bank. . (HANDLE).