British Army’s Social Media Accounts Hacked to Promote Bitcoin Giveaways, Cry...
The British Army’s official Youtube and Twitter accounts were compromised Sunday and hackers used them to promote crypto, including bitcoin and ether giveaway scams featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk. British Army’s Social Media Accounts Used to Promote Bitcoin, Crypto, NFT Scams The British Army confirmed Sunday that its official Youtube and Twitter accounts were breached. The army’s verified Twitter handle with nearly 363K followers retweeted a number of posts promoting non-fungible token (NFT) scams before they were removed by Twitter. During the breach, the account....
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On Sunday, hackers took control of the British Army’s official social media accounts, using them to promote fraudulent NFT collections and crypto scams for more than four hours. Crypto scams and hacks have affected billions of individuals worldwide over the past several years, becoming increasingly commonplace everyday occurrences. Related Reading | Eyes On POW: Biden Administration […]
Hackers had access to multiple official social media accounts of the British Army for nearly four hours, when they posted crypto phishing links and scams. The British Army’s official Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts were breached on July 3 for almost four hours, with scammers promoting rip-off non-fungible token (NFT) collections and cryptocurrency scams.Just after 2PM ET on July 3, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) Press Office tweeted it was aware the Army’s social media accounts were compromised and had begun an investigation.Nearly four hours later, close to 5:45PM....
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