Former mayor Dhankawade’s FB account hacked

Unidentified hacker breaks into former Pune mayor’s Facebook account and posts obscene content

Former Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) mayor Dattatraya Dhankawade’s Facebook account was hacked by unidentified persons, who uploaded some obscene pictures on Dhankawade’s timeline on Tuesday. Dhankawade’s nephew was the first to see the images, and he immediately shut down his uncle’s Facebook account.

Dattatraya Dhankawade

Dattatraya Dhankawade had served as mayor of PMC in 2015–16, Dhankawade was elected to the PMC from panel number 73-B in 2012. His nephew handles his social media.

About the hacking issue, Dattatraya Dhankawade said, “In the morning at 11 am, some obscene images and messages appeared on my Facebook timeline. My nephew looks after all my social media like Facebook, Twitter and others. So he called me in the morning and told me about the photos and messages. He then immediately removed the messages uploaded on my Facebook timeline. Someone may have done this intentionally by hacking or cracking my Facebook password. We did not file a police complaint as matter is not so serious. We changed the password of my account immediately and removed the messages and photos uploaded on my timeline. Then we posted a message to our followers on Facebook, informing them about the matter and asked them to ignore the messages.”

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Originally published on The Golden Sparrow