RCB Twitter Hacked: IPL 2023 – The Twitter account of Virat Kohli’s IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru was hacked on Saturday. Apart from changing the display picture, the hacker also changed the profile name to ‘Bored Ape Yacht Club’ and posted NFT-related tweets. Fans and other Twitter users were quick to notice that the RCB Twitter account has been hacked. Now, the Indian Premier League franchise RCB’s Officials said that they do not endorse or support any of the tweets that happened from our handle. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE Updates with INSIDESPORT.IN.
Kohli 👑
Bengaluru 🏠
ABD 👽
Chinnaswamy 🏟️
IPL 2023 🏏
Play Bold 💪Vibe check complete ✅
Yes! We can confirm that our Twitter handle is restored. Phew! 😅
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) January 21, 2023
Moreover, RCB posted a promotional video while its account was compromised. It was a match day post related to the second ODI match between India and New Zealand, which is to be held on January 21 in Raipur.
Rcb acc hacked?😭 pic.twitter.com/0PoVZaH2yc
— SDS (@Saumyadeep63) January 21, 2023
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RCB Twitter Hacked: Virat Kohli’s franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore face major embarrassment, Twitter account HACKED by unknown hackers, Follow IPL 2023 LIVE Updates
Being a RCB fan :
For one thing, the IPL trophy is not even received, the owner is also a thief, and now the account is also https://t.co/T8Er8ceffY people will not be able to do anything.#RCBTwitter #RCB— Usman Shaikh (@shaikusman_7) January 21, 2023
Yeh sab @RCBTweets ke saath hi kyun hota hai!
Pehle hi ek baar hack hogaya tha and ab! Wapas se! #RCBTwitter #RCB
— Bhadresh Prajapati (@bhadreshh_) January 21, 2023
Admin even after the account got hacked 😂🤣 #RCBTwitter #rcb pic.twitter.com/MaKFW1Se1o
— @vamsikrishna (@vamsiaussie2) January 21, 2023
This is not the first time that the RCB’s account got hacked. Back in September 2021, it was hacked, but the franchise managed to restore the account. “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.
RCB Twitter Hacked: Virat Kohli’s franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore face major embarrassment, Twitter account HACKED by unknown hackers, Follow IPL 2023 LIVE Updates
Meanwhile, the Bengaluru-based franchise acquired some brilliant players in IPL 2023 auction, including the likes of England’s Will Jacks as they spent INR 3.2 crore. RCB also signed his compatriot Reece Topley for a sum of INR 1.9 crore. The franchise also added five uncapped Indian players, which includes the likes of Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Himanshu Sharma, Sonu Yadav, and Manoj Bhandage.
After retaining the big players such as skipper Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, and Glenn Maxwell, the franchise will aim to end their IPL title drought in the forthcoming season, which is tentatively scheduled to start in the last week of March.
RCB Twitter Hacked: Virat Kohli’s franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore face major embarrassment, Twitter account HACKED by unknown hackers, Follow IPL 2023 LIVE Updates
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