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Both the British Army\u2019s Facebook and Twitter accounts were hacked and used to promote cryptocurrency scams, the UK Ministry of Defence confirmed on Sunday. It\u2019s unclear when exactly hackers took over the two accounts, but they both appear to be back to normal now. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are aware of a breach of the Army\u2019s Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is underway,\u201d the Ministry of Defence Press Office said on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cThe Army takes information security extremely seriously and is resolving the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hackers hijacked the British Army\u2019s Twitter page, swapping out the organization\u2019s profile picture, bio, and cover photo to make it seem like it was associated with The Possessed NFT collection. The account sent out various retweets for NFT giveaways, and its pinned tweet linked users to a fake NFT minting website.<\/p>\n

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The videos on the British Army\u2019s YouTube channel were replaced with old livestreams featuring Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Bad actors also stripped the British Army\u2019s YouTube channel, deleting all its videos, as well as changing its name and profile picture to resemble the legit investment firm Ark Invest. Hackers replaced the British Army\u2019s videos with a series of old livestreams featuring former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. These livestreams were previously aired as part of The B Word conference held by Ark Invest last June, but hackers added an overlay that encouraged users to participate in a crypto scam. The channel aired four livestreams at once, with some of them racking up thousands of viewers. <\/p>\n

As Web3 Is Going Just Great <\/em>blogger Molly White points out<\/a>, the scammers who took over the British Army\u2019s accounts carried out their scheme with some of the same tactics used in the recent past. In March, hackers took over the Twitter account belonging to MKLeo<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s top Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/em> players, and used it to peddle phony NFTs made to look like they were associated with The Possessed. Just two months after that incident, scammers managed to steal $1.3 million using the same Ark Invest livestreams<\/a> that were repurposed for this hack.<\/p>\n

Twitter spokesperson Rocio Vives told The Verge<\/em> that the British Army\u2019s account Twitter \u201chas since been locked and secured,\u201d and that \u201caccount holders have now regained access and the account is back up and running.\u201d Google didn\u2019t immediately respond to The Verge<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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