The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) temporarily lost the control of its Twitter account, @naptipnigeria.

The federal agency’s official handle was breached Monday night after an attack by hackers.

A number of links directing the audience to YouTube videos of bitcoin-trading training was posted.

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One of the tweets about cryptocurrency advertisement read: “Crypto holders, check this out!”.

NAPTIP has now regained control of the account and the tweets deleted. The incident was reported to Twitter.

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Phishers usually target social media accounts of prominent individuals and organisations to deceive members of the public.