Fugitive Indian tycoon Mallya cries foul over Twitter hack

• Eastern Eye Staff
• 09 December, 2016

By: Eastern Eye Staff

Fugitive Indian businessman Vijay Mallya said on Friday that his Twitter account had been penetrated by a hacking group called Legion, which posted links to what it alleged were details of Mallya’s bank accounts, offshore investments and luxury cars. Mallya, a flamboyant former billionaire who made his fortune from a liquor and beer empire, moved to Britain in March after being pursued in courts by banks that his now defunct Kingfisher airline owed around $1.4 billion (£1.11b). “Legion will find you, hack you, expose you,” read one of several postings tweeted by the hackers on Mallya’s official Twitter account before…

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