Senior special assistant to the Vice President on media and publicity, Laolu Akande, confirmed today, August 10 that there have been attempts to hack the Vice President’s verified Twitter handle.
Laolu Akande said, via his own verified Twitter handle, @akandeoj, that unauthorized persons have attempted to take control of Osinbajo’s handle but that the attempts were unsuccessful.
“Yesterday, there were failed external attempts to gain unauthorized access to the Vice President’s Twitter Account. Since, we have been in contact with Twitter, securing the account, and forestalling a reoccurrence.
“The VP will continue to actively communicate with our citizens.”
In the aftermath of the attack on Osinbajo’s handle, the account has been wiped clean of its history.
Also, Twitter’s blue tick, which marked it as a verified handle, had been removed.
