The Twitter handle of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal
Challengers Bangalore was hacked on Saturday with the hackers positing
content related to NFTs.The display picture of the account was altered to
the trademark ‘Bored Ape’ NFT image and the name was also changed to ‘Bored
Ape Yacht Club’. The account bio was also changed to – “To become a member,
buy a Bored Ape or Mutant Ape on OpenSea. Created by @yugalabs.” While the
display picture and name were changed back to the original content, two
posts regarding the NFTs still remain on the timeline.This was not the
first time that the RCB Twitter account got hacked. A similar incident
happened in September 2021, but the franchise was able to restore the
account in time.“Dear 12th Man Army, our Twitter account was compromised a few hours ago
and we have now managed to get the access back. We condemn the tweet that
the hackers put out and we do not endorse any content from that tweet,
which we have now deleted. We regret the inconvenience caused,” RCB had
tweeted back then.
Challengers Bangalore was hacked on Saturday with the hackers positing
content related to NFTs.The display picture of the account was altered to
the trademark ‘Bored Ape’ NFT image and the name was also changed to ‘Bored
Ape Yacht Club’. The account bio was also changed to – “To become a member,
buy a Bored Ape or Mutant Ape on OpenSea. Created by @yugalabs.” While the
display picture and name were changed back to the original content, two
posts regarding the NFTs still remain on the timeline.This was not the
first time that the RCB Twitter account got hacked. A similar incident
happened in September 2021, but the franchise was able to restore the
account in time.“Dear 12th Man Army, our Twitter account was compromised a few hours ago
and we have now managed to get the access back. We condemn the tweet that
the hackers put out and we do not endorse any content from that tweet,
which we have now deleted. We regret the inconvenience caused,” RCB had
tweeted back then.
Players bought by RCB at IPL 2023 auction: Reece Topley (INR 1.9 crore),
Himanshu Sharma (INR 20 lakh), Will Jacks (INR 3.2 crore), Manoj Bhandage
(INR 20 lakh), Rajan Kumar (INR 70 lakh), Avinash Singh (INR 60 lakh), Sonu
Yadav (INR 20 lakh).
