IPL Side Royal Challengers Bangalore's Twitter Account Hacked, Renamed To 'Bored Ape Yacht Club'

The hackers changed RCB's Twitter handle name to ‘Bored Ape Yacht Club’, changed the profile link in Twitter bio and the display picture as well.

RCB’s Twitter account was hacked back in September 2021 as well, but the franchise managed to restore it later.

Source : Screengrab taken from Twitter

RCB Twitter account hacked: IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) Twitter account, which has around 6.4 million followers, got hacked on Saturday. The hackers changed RCB's Twitter handle name to ‘Bored Ape Yacht Club’, changed the profile link in Twitter bio and the display picture as well. The hackers retweeted some NFT-related tweets too. They changed RCB's Twitter bio to, "To become a member, buy a Bored Ape or Mutant Ape on OpenSea. Created by @yugalabs." 

Rcb Twitter account hacked 😢 pic.twitter.com/fKvmQ8XN5y

— ಕರ್ಣ (@shodhan_ak) January 21, 2023

RCB twitter account is hacked 😂😂😂😂 waiting for anushka bhabhi outrage insta post @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/pDkOUMfLrd

— Ctrl C Ctrl Memes (@Ctrlmemes_) January 21, 2023

RCB Twitter account has been hacked, the account name and bio is changed by the hacker pic.twitter.com/BkpFhKJXLZ

— All About Cricket (@allaboutcric_) January 21, 2023

RCB Twitter account hacked?@CricCrazyJohns pic.twitter.com/egXQAjDbsv

— Saurabh Jayaswal (@criccrazy100rbh) January 21, 2023

RCB’s Twitter account was hacked back in September 2021 as well, but the franchise managed to restore it later.

"Dear 12th Man Army, our Twitter account was compromised a few hours ago and we have now managed to get the access back. We condemn the tweet that the hackers put out and we do not endorse any content from that tweet, which we have now deleted. We regret the inconvenience caused," RCB had tweeted back then.

Players bought by RCB at IPL 2023 auction: Reece Topley (INR 1.9 crore), Himanshu Sharma (INR 20 lakh), Will Jacks (INR 3.2 crore), Manoj Bhandage (INR 20 lakh), Rajan Kumar (INR 70 lakh), Avinash Singh (INR 60 lakh), Sonu Yadav (INR 20 lakh).

RCB complete squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Will Jacks, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav.