United Nations, Jan 14 (PTI) The Twitter account of SyedAkbaruddin was hacked early today, with the unperturbed Indianenvoy to the UN asserting that it would take more than a hackto keep him down.
The unidentified hackers, suspected to be based overseas,posted two pictures and a video, and changed the name ofAkbaruddin's twitter account from @AkbaruddinIndia to@AkbaruddinSyed.
After the hack was noticed, Twitter briefly blocked thetwitter handle of India's permanent representative to the UN.
The account was later restored by the micro-blogging sitewhich also launched a probe.
Akbaruddin thanked twitter and said that it would takemore than a hack to keep him down.
"I'm back. It will take more than a hack to keep me down.
Thanks to Twitter India and many others who helped,"Akbaruddin said in a tweet.
Netizens noticed the cyber attack and retweeted the twophotos and the video posted from Akbaruddin's hacked account.
One picture was of Pakistan's President Mamnoon Hussainand the other one showed the flags of Turkey and Pakistan.
The video song of Bollywood actor Raj Kapoor's "AwaraHoon" was also posted by the hackers. PTI CPS AKJCPS.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.