British Army Twitter and YouTube accounts hacked to promote crypto scam

The British Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts have been hacked to promote two cryptocurrency scams.

The British Army is investigating a highly visible hack after its Twitter and YouTube accounts were compromised on Sunday. The news of the hack was first published by Web3 is Going Great and according to the blog, both accounts were simultaneously compromised to promote two different crypto scams.

British Army Twitter and YouTube accounts hacked

Although the situation was quickly resolved, the British Army’s verified Twitter account briefly changed to look like The Possessed, a project that includes a collection of 10,000 animated NFTs with a minimum price of 0.58 ETH (around €1,000 at the time of publication). this letter). During that brief moment, the account tweeted multiple links to a fake Mint website. Perhaps this hack is part of a larger campaign to capitalize on the recent popularity of The Possessed. This Saturday, the project’s official Twitter account alerted its followers to another verified account that it was the same, again for the purpose of promoting an NFT scam using The Possessed brand.

On YouTube, the Army channel has been converted to an Ark Invest page. In particular, the channel broadcast live videos that gave a whole new meaning to the old discussions about cryptocurrencies by Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey and Ark CEO Cathy Wood. The clips also showed a banner of bitcoin and ethereum scammers promising to “double your money.” According to Web3 is Going Great, a similar modus operandi allowed scammers to steal $1.3 million last May. It is currently difficult to understand who is behind this attack.

to promote two cryptocurrency scams

“We have learned that our Twitter and YouTube accounts have been hacked and the investigation is ongoing,”a spokesperson for The Guardian told The Guardian. “We take security very seriously and are working on a solution. Until the investigation is completed, it would be inadvisable to start anything further.”

While there have been quite a few crypto-related hacks in 2022, few have targeted government organizations such as the British Army. Most of them today are associated with bands like Yuga Labs, creators of the hugely popular Bored Ape Yacht Club collection. In April, the project’s official Instagram account was compromised in a phishing attack that resulted in $2.4 million being stolen. The BAYC Discord community was also hit by two separate phishing attacks in 2022.