ISLAMABAD/ALGIERS – The social media accounts of Pakistan’s embassy in theNorth African country have been hacked, the Foreign Office said Wednesday.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed shared thedevelopment saying the Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts of theEmbassy of Pakistan in Algeria have been hacked.
He added that any information posted from these accounts will be false,while a complaint has been registered and the cyber crime cell is workingon retrieving them.
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Earlier a tweet was shared from the hacked Twitter handle that cited“Embassies ordered to divert funds to Ukraine for evacuating PakistaniNationals. Till date neither any Pakistani evacuated nor we have funds leftto pay salary to our employees. Should we also start asking funds fromIndia as Pak Nationals are using Indian flag to flee Ukraine”.
