The PSNI has said that Chief Constable George Hamilton’s Twitter account may have been “maliciously hacked”. The incident happened yesterday, with a number of other Twitter users asking why a tweet had been removed from his account. It is unclear what it referred to, but other tweets indicated it included a series of numbers. Detective Chief Inspector Michael Harvey, the head of the PSNI’s Cyber Crime Centre, said: “At this time we believe there is a possibility the account was maliciously hacked.”Enquiries are currently ongoing. There are no further details at this time.” One Twitter user called Mark wrote after seeing the tweet: “@ChiefConPSNI Was that a wee data protection slip up earlier George?”
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: Belfast Telegraph
