British Army Twitter and YouTube Accounts Have Been Compromised to Promote Crypto Scams

The British Army is investigating an apparent hack after its official Twitter and YouTube accounts were compromised on Sunday. News of the breach was first reported by . According to the blog, both accounts were simultaneously compromised to promote two different crypto scams.

Although it has since been removed, the verified military Twitter account was briefly changed to look like a page for a project involving a collection of 10,000 animated NFTs with (about $1,063). During that time, the account tweeted out multiple links to a fake minting site. It’s possible the hack was part of a broader campaign to capitalize on The Possessed’s recent popularity. On Saturday, the project’s official Twitter account Its followers of another verified account were similarly hacked to promote an NFT scam using The Possessed branding.

On YouTube, the army channel was made to look like a page for . As of this writing, the channel is streaming back-to-back videos of Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, and Ark CEO, Katie Wood, discussing cryptocurrencies. The clips have a “double your money” promotional overlay that scams Bitcoin and Ethereum. Based on a similar scheme caught the scammers . It is not clear who is behind the attacks.

“We are aware of a breach of the military’s Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is underway,” an army spokesman said. . “We take information security very seriously and are working on it. Until the investigation is complete, it would not be appropriate to comment further.”

Although 2022 has seen a rate of crypto hacks, a few have targeted government organizations such as the British military. So far, most have involved groups like Yuga Labs, creators of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection. In April, the project’s official Instagram account was compromised in a . BAYC’s Discord community has also dropped in 2022.