The Twitter handle of the Chhattisgarh Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office was hacked for hours by an unidentified hacker on Sunday, police said.
The Twitter handle was restored within a few hours after it was hacked at around 4 am, an official statement said.
“Unidentified foreign hacker on Sunday hacked the official Twitter handle of CEO’s office @CEOCHHATTISGARH,” his office said in a statement.
Acting swiftly, the CEO's office established contact with Twitter, following which the hacked Twitter handle was restored within a few hours, the statement said.
The statement didn't give further details. A complaint was lodged with the police, said Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal.