On Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a Twitter post that the official Instagram account of Pakistan’s embassy in Argentina was hacked. “The Instagram account of the Embassy of Pakistan in Argentina has been hacked and has been reported to Instagram,” the Foreign Office statement declared.
The Instagram account of the Embassy of Pakistan in Argentina was hacked a while ago. It has now been recovered.
Please note that all messages posted through this account in last one hour were not from the Embassy of Pakistan in Argentina.
— Pakistan Embassy Argentina (@PakinArgentina) December 22, 2021
The Hacked Instagram Account Has Been Recovered
“Please note that all messages passed through this account are not from the Embassy of Pakistan in Argentina,” it further continued. An hour after FO’s statement, the official Twitter account of the Pakistan Embassy in Argentina stated that the Instagram account had been recovered. “The Instagram account of the Embassy of Pakistan in Argentina has hacked a while ago. It has now been recovered,” it said. This is the second such incident as earlier this month, the official Twitter account of Pakistan’s embassy in Serbia was also hacked.
Social Media Handle of Embassy of Pakistan Gets Hacked the Second Time
In addition to this, in a series of tweets that were later deleted, the verified account of the Embassy of Pakistan in Serbia had posted: “With inflation breaking all previous records, how long do you expect that we official will remain silent & keep working for you without being paid for past 3 months & our children been forced out of school due to nonpayment of fees. Is this Naya Pakistan? “Following the development, FO published a clarification, stating that the messages being posted were not from the Embassy of Pakistan in Serbia.
The Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts of the Embassy of Pakistan in Serbia have been hacked.
Messages being posted on these accounts are not from the Embassy of Pakistan in Serbia.
— Spokesperson ?? MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) December 3, 2021
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