British Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts hacked to promote crypto scams

Twitter and Youtube accounts of the British Army were hacked to promote online crypto scams yesterday.

The army’s verified Twitter account started displaying fake NFTs and bogus crypto giveaway schemes. Whereas the Youtube account was seen airing “Ark Invest” live steams which features an old clip of the CEO of Tesla Elon Musk, misleading users for visiting cryptocurrency scam sites.

According to the BleepingComputer, the UK’s Ministry of Defence last night confirmed to have regained control over their Twitter and YouTube accounts which were hacked to promote crypto scams.

“The breach of the Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts that occurred earlier today has been resolved and an investigation is underway. The Army takes information security extremely seriously and until their investigation is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further,” the ministry tweeted.

The breach of the Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts that occurred earlier today has been resolved and an investigation is underway.

The Army takes information security extremely seriously and until their investigation is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further.

— Ministry of Defence Press Office (@DefenceHQPress) July 3, 2022

British Army’s verified Twitter account was renamed to “pssssd” with the header and profile images changed.

The threat actor who was controlling the account then started tweeting and retweeting links to crypto scam sites.

Hackers are increasingly targeting verified Twitter accounts to conduct various nefarious activities—from scamming victims for money to sending fake account “suspension” notices, as reported by BleepingComputer this week.