Crypto Scammers Hacked British Army’s Social Accounts To Promote Frauds
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 […]
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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....
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....
Unknown scammers have organized a fake bitcoin giveaway through a Russian government website they hacked. The news of the attack comes after a recent report revealed that damages from crypto-related fraud in Russia have reached $30 million in value in the first half of this year.
Regional Government Website in Russia Hacked by Scammers
The main website of the local administration in the Russian city of Ryazan, around 200 km southeast of Moscow, has been targeted by hackers twice in a single day, Rzn.info reported quoted by the crypto news outlet Forklog. The unidentified....
Under stringent new UAE regulations designed to safeguard the public from financial fraud, cyber criminals who promote cryptocurrency frauds online face up to five years in prison and fines of up to $272 million. Crypto-scammers To Face 5 Years Imprisonment Promoters of online cryptocurrency frauds now risk a possible five-year prison sentence and a maximum fine of almost $270,000 under the UAE’s new internet security regulations, which take effect on January 2, 2022. The crackdown was announced last month as part of President Sheikh Khalifa’s series of broad legal reforms. The....
Crypto scammers have defrauded more than 46,000 people over $1 billion since the start of 2021, according to a report released by the Federal Trade Commission on Friday. Fraudsters are capitalizing on the increased popularity of acquiring digital wealth quickly. With almost $1 out of every $4 in these frauds paid in cryptocurrency, the FTC […]