IPL franchise Royal Challengers Banglore’s official Twitter account was hacked on Saturday. The stunning incident resulted in hackers altering the show image and likewise altered the profile title to ‘Bored Ape Yacht Membership’. 

Very quickly, followers received a touch of the state of affairs after they noticed the NFT-related tweets from it posted on their timelines. The hackers even retweeted another NFT associated customers. 

In an official assertion launched by the franchise learn: “RCB’s Twitter deal with was compromised round 4 am on twenty first January 2023 and we’ve misplaced entry to the account in the interim. This unlucky incident occurred past our management regardless of taking all safety measures really useful by Twitter. We don’t endorse or help any of the tweets/retweets that occurred from our deal with at the moment and we remorse the inconvenience induced. We’re working with the Twitter help crew to resolve this on the earliest. We’ll be again quickly.”

Hacking has grow to be a severe cybercrime, nevertheless, some are likely to go overboard with their humour because the stunning incident has sparked one more meme fest since Saturday

 and customers can not assist however snort over the humorous tweets. 

“RCB Twitter deal with hacked.. crew toh already hacked hai.. account bhi nahi sambhal pa rahe,” tweeted one person.

“Somebody hacked rcb’s account and is now nft-ing their complete web page,” posted one other fan.

“RCB introduced nothing however disgrace to the Metropolis. One of the vital profitable groups in home circuit, however 0 trophies in IPL. IT Hub, however their very own account will get hacked,” wrote one other fan.

“Karachi Kings now have a severe competitors from one other contender for title of the worst managed social media account for a franchise cricket crew. Enter RCB who managed to get themselves hacked by Bored Ape Yacht Membership,” tweeted one other person.

To keep away from the unfold of confusion or humour, RCB has restricted its entry to the feedback part on its posts. Apparently, this isn’t the primary event when RCB’s account has been hacked. 

In September 2021, the account was hacked and the franchise had been in a position to restore it.