Former Energy Minister Hammad Azhar claimed on Friday that his Twitter, email and Apple ID accounts were hacked on Thursday evening.
The PTI leader, in a later tweet, said most of his identifying information had been recovered since the incident.
I tweet from a computer on which my Twitter account was already connected. Last night my Twitter account, my email accounts, my Apple account were hacked by someone who could see the verification codes sent to my phone as it was resetting everything. 1/3
— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) May 27, 2022
Sharing the photo of an unknown person, the PTI chief said his email display photo had been replaced with the individual’s photo and identified the person as Muhammad Sheryar.
I recovered my email accounts and reset my Apple ID account. When I got my email account back, I found that the DP on one of my email accounts had been changed (below) to Muhammad Sheryar’s name. And my twitter was attached to an email account (image below) 2/3 pic.twitter.com/KDusGDSopp
— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) May 27, 2022
Before Twitter restored the former minister’s account, Azhar had contacted the microblogging website from a computer where his Twitter account was already logged in.
@Twitter contacted me and I hope this will be resolved soon.
— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) May 27, 2022
Later, he said that computer experts informed him of how the “hack” took place.
“A phone locator (Fake Tower) was used to log into my phone and access my text messages and data. From there they started sending reset requests to all accounts (emails , Apple, Twitter) We have a fascist government but very afraid of power,” Azhar explained.
There experts have now told me how it happened. A phone locator (Fake Tower) was used to log into my phone and access my text messages and data. From there, they started sending reset requests to all accounts (email, Apple, Twitter). We have a fascist but very scared government in power
—Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) May 27, 2022
“We have a fascist but very scared government in power,” he added.