The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has confirmed that its Twitter account has been hacked, stating that they are working on the retrieval.
This comes in less than 48 hours after viral audio released by an ‘anonymous’ supported the #EndSARS protest, thereby giving the government 72 hours or risked hacking.
Earlier this week, the decentralised international ‘hacktivist’ group claimed to have hacked several government databases, including one which contains names and contacts of operatives of the now-defunct Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS).
The group also disclosed via its Twitter handle it had breached some Nigerian government websites.
The NBC official Twitter account tweeted randomly in support of the protest and the suspicion of an account was confirmed when it tweeted “Good morning, great Nigerians. TGIF and it’s also a good day to #ENDSARS 
and #EndSWAT Which government website(s) would you want us to play with? Drop your suggestions under this tweet. #TwitterDown #NBChacked”
Good morning, great Nigerians. TGIF and it's also a good day to #ENDSARS and #EndSWAT
Which government website(s) would you want us to play with?
Drop your suggestions under this tweet. #TwitterDown #NBChacked
— nbcgovng (@nbcgovng) October 16, 2020
It further tweeted that “we anonymous are out to expose government’s secret and dirty files.”
We #Anonymous are out to expose government’s secrets &
dirtyfilesPut an #ENDTOPOLICEBRUTALITY#Twitterdown#NBChacked pic.twitter.com/fyNLGUyD5t
— nbcgovng (@nbcgovng) October 16, 2020
We #Anonymous have taken over all the NG Official Twitter's Account to support #ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY.
WE'RE TOGETHER WITH NIGERIANS.
EXPECT UNEXPECTED#OpNigeria#Hacked @thecableng @4eyedmonk @MBuhari pic.twitter.com/8a28G49fFh
— nbcgovng (@nbcgovng) October 16, 2020