The official twitter account of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has on Friday, been hacked by notorious online global activist community, Anonymous.
Its account @nbcgovng, today hacked at about 7am following a solidarity tweet out out by the commission late last night with the hashtag #ANONYMOUS.
https://twitter.com/nbcgovng/status/1316990217040134146?s=20
https://twitter.com/nbcgovng/status/1316992857937387520?s=20
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https://twitter.com/nbcgovng/status/1316996606953246721?s=20
https://twitter.com/nbcgovng/status/1317001651270594560?s=20
https://twitter.com/nbcgovng/status/1317010586153123840?s=20
Nigerians jumped in support of the move, increasing the Commission’s followers to over 11,000 as of the time of filing this report.
Various suggestions were raised in the comment section of the tweets, which were recognized by the hackers.
https://twitter.com/nbcgovng/status/1317017442107969536?s=20
It went on to retweet a trending post of an officer who allegedly shot a young man dead in a region in Nigeria.
Ladies and Gentlemen!! This is why we protest #EndSARS
It will cost you $0.00 to Retweet this till the government comes to our rescue.#EndPoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/bcK02ZzaYH
— Queen Preshiii (@preshdeyforyou) October 16, 2020
It’s BUHARI 🌚🙄