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Saifuddin Abdullah’s Telegram account gets hacked too

Foreign minister says perpetrator abuses his name, picture through application

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 09 Aug 2022 8:16AM

Saifuddin Abdullah’s Telegram account gets hacked too
Prior to the personal Telegram account of Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah (pic) being hacked, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said his Telegram account had been hacked by irresponsible parties and asked members of the public to ignore messages from the account. – The Vibes file pic, August 9, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – The Telegram account of Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah was hacked by irresponsible parties several hours after the personal Telegram account of the prime minister was hit last night.

Saifuddin, in announcing the matter via a Twitter post, said the party which hacked his account had also abused his name and picture through the application.

“Whoever receives any message from my Telegram has been advised to ignore and report them to the authorities,” according to the tweet.

Earlier, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said his Telegram account had been hacked by irresponsible parties and asked members of the public to ignore messages from the account. – Bernama, August 9, 2022

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