ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday said that social media accounts of Pakistan’s embassy in Algeria had been hacked and the posts available on those accounts did not belong to the mission.

The Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts of the Embassy of Pakistan in Algeria had been hacked, the FO spokesperson said on Twitter.

The tweet mentioned that all messages being posted through these accounts were not from Pakistan Embassy.

Reacting to the spokesperson’s tweet, Naeem Mirza, a social media user, sought action against those involved.

“Start penalising the one who are responsible [or] managing SM accounts. It ain’t rocket science to secure a [social media] account,” he tweeted.

Published in Dawn, March 3rd, 2022